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Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain
Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.
Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain
Microscopic Robots Deliver Drugs to the Brain

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

chemotherapy, cell & molecular biology

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