This tiny magnetic blob could change how we treat brain tumors forever...
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Jun 18, 2026 13:00
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Scientists have developed a new way to provide treatment for brain tumours.
Currently we use chemotherapy, but that's like throwing a grenade at a mosquito, you end up damaging a lot more than you mean to.
This magnetic blob will help change that.
References:
Microrobots: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-3054/full
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03754-6
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/11/19/robot-drugs-side-effects-magnets/
Catheters: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.adh0298
Telesurgery: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.ado3187
https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.adq0192
Electromagnetic Navigation Systems: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202310701
Magnetic Levitation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8129liuQc
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