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" And when they applied an oscillating magnetic field, the nanoswimmer moved in an S-like, undulatory motion at the speed of nearly one body length per second.
by graeham 11y ago
" And when they applied an oscillating magnetic field, the nanoswimmer moved in an S-like, undulatory motion at the speed of nearly one body length per second. "
If applying an external magnetic field, why not just use that to direct the drug delivery?
- dnautics 11y agoWhy not just use biology (eg antibodies) to direct the drug delivery?
- graeham 11y agoIt is being done https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal_antibody_therapy Often these drugs are very expensive, and the targeting is to a specific receptor rather than a specific region. A magnetically or swim steered drug delivery would be for targeting a specific region/ location in the body, or perhaps to move into areas that are hard or slow to move into with simple diffusion.