Johns Hopkins tests injectable magnetic millirobots to treat heart infections

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have built tiny robots that can be injected through a needle and steered by external electromagnetic coils to deliver drugs straight to infected heart tissue. One module anchors at the site while a second docks with it and slowly releases medication. So far the system has only been tested on heart models and pig tissue.

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