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Microrobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment

  • Written by Zhengxing Li, Ph.D. Candidate in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego
imagePart algae, part red blood cell, these microrobots can travel to hard-to-reach tumors deep in the lungs.From Zhang et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadn6157 (2024), CC BY-NC

Tumors that travel to the lungs, or lung metastases, pose a formidable challenge in the realm of cancer treatment. Conventional chemotherapy often falls short because it’s...

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