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Tiny nanorobots could enter your body and kill cancer cells in the near future


Swedish scientists have discovered how to use tiny robots to target and kill cancer cells in a breakthrough piece of research.

The team of scientists, based in the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, had been working on finding this ‘kill switch’ for years, ever since they first discovered how to create the tiny robots made from amino acids. “We now need to investigate whether this works in more advanced cancer models that more closely resemble the real human disease,” said first author of the study Yang Wang. As well as writing, she also has experience in editing as the UK Editor of The Mary Sue , as well as speaking on the important of SEO in journalism at the Student Press Association National Conference.

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