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This might be the influence of playing too much metal gear solid, but how far ahead is nanomachine research? I know some people use nanowires coated with certai
by raziel2701 11y ago
This might be the influence of playing too much metal gear solid, but how far ahead is nanomachine research? I know some people use nanowires coated with certain human-compatible proteins to make them more appealing to osteosarcoma (bone cancer cells) so the cancer cells take in these nanowires. However implementation of a mechanism to target something like a bacterial infection is not something I've heard of.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThe thing you want to look at is biotech. Life is nothing but nanotechnology that we didn't build and we can't control yet. The hottest thing right now in fighting bacteria seems to be bacteriophages[0]. I've heard Russians had some success in R&D there, but I don't know much more. Maybe some knowledgable HNer could elaborate. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage