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Bacterial Microrobots Deliver Drug Payload to Tumors
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Bacterial Microrobots Deliver Drug Payload to Tumors

JULY 28TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS  MEDICINE, ONCOLOGY, SURGERY Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed tumor-targeting microrobots using bacteria. The team exploited the tendency of bacteria to naturally gravitate towards areas of low oxygen and low ph, which both tend to occur in the vicinity of a tumor. Once near...