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An anonymous reader writes to mention a Wired article about the first
surgical nanobot developed for practical use. No wider that two human
hairs, the machine is intended to swim through arteries and the
digestive tract, and can perform surgical procedures in spaces no bigger than 250 microns. The article also addresses safety concerns; the bot will swim upstream from blood flow, so if something goes wrong it can be
retrieved on its way back. Likewise, for the most delicate procedures it can be fitted with a tether, to ensure it doesn't get lost. From the article:
"The tiny robot, small enough to pass through the heart and other
organs, will be inserted using a syringe. Guided by remote control, it will
swim to a site within the body to perform a series of tasks, then return to
the point of entry where it can be extracted, again by syringe. For
example, the microrobot might deliver a payload of expandable glue to
the site of a damaged cranial artery -- a procedure typically fraught with
risk because posterior human brain arteries lay behind a complicated
set of bends at the base of the skull beyond the reach of all but the most
flexible catheters."

Read details here:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/me ... chnology_1

Regards

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Fowe.
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i disagree with the overeaching capabilities outline. Micro-surguries indeed

The medical breakthrough had increased confidence in surgeries. The tiny robots [nanomedicine] are just one of recent breakthroughs, others are genomics, robotic surgery [robots equipped with surgical instruments perform extremely complicated operations with incredible precision] and the Computed Tomography [CT] scan for X-Ray scans [helps capture anatomical details of the inner body 'cos it takes just a third of a second to rotate round the body, faster than a single heartbeat]

Isn't it a scientific breakthrough? Quite frankly it is!

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No matter how 'elephant' big reach, e no fit cause earthquake!

well, am still trying to contain this developement...it might be a break2ru after all

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1luv...

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No matter how 'elephant' big reach, e no fit cause earthquake!

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No matter how 'elephant' big reach, e no fit cause earthquake!

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Fowe.
Choices make or mar Chances ... add extra care to your choices today.

Ok let me leak the secrete,
Bns is a top academic person outside Nigeria..

So UNKNOWN = Outside Nigeria...

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Fowe.
Choices make or mar Chances ... add extra care to your choices today.

u see say the guy na runaway naija guy! no wonder him dey nanoevrytin!

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No matter how 'elephant' big reach, e no fit cause earthquake!

top academic lohun lohun... I no b best or anything. Fowe that is even talking knows ife is still recovering from his exploits

for what it's worth I studied in Nigeria and Canada (no secrets)

una don cause academic imbalance for Great Ife come go 'offshore' for 2nd round, abi!

God dey!

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No matter how 'elephant' big reach, e no fit cause earthquake!

haba...see as asiri don dey open....
interesting to have intellectuals on d site...i must be privileged to av had unlimited access to U folks all dis while...
i bow for una o

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In Life's Pursuits, Never Outrun God [Prov. 19:21]
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