Nanoparticles in Medicine—Microbots to Blood Clots

As nanotechology burrows into an increasing number of medical technologies, new developments in nanoparticles point to the ways that targeted treatments can today be nanotechnologically targeted. In one case as, would-be end effectors on microrobots aimed at clearing up cases of bacterial pneumonia. In another as a smart-targeting system for otherwise dangerous cases of thrombosis. Scientists from the University of California San Diego demonstrated antibiotic-filled nanoparticles that hitch a ride on microbots made of algae to deliver targeted therapeutics.