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'Microbot' to swim human arteries
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Tue Jan 20 2009, 08:52
FANTASTIC voyage is finally becoming a reality as boffins have worked out how to miniaturise a surgical robot that can swim up arteries.
James Friend, from the Nanophysics Laboratory at Monash University, Australia has come up with a prototype nano bot that could carry sensor equipment for observation work, relaying images back to surgeons.
One day it might cut away blood clots, ream out clogged arteries or repair damaged tissue. µ
L'Inq
AP
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Note, however, that today's scientists are gaining a deep understanding of the mechanics of genetics, proteins, and the way the human body works. Trial and error is on its way out. I personally believe (and it is only a belief) that some people alive now will continue to live (in some form) until the end of our universe.
I wouldn't get too concerned about living forever. So far Humans have managed to cure about four diseases and most "medicine" still involves either cutting you up with a knife, bombarding you with radiation or flooding your system with chemicals on a kind of trial and error basis.
There has been talk of this for a while now so its interesting to hear they are going to start implementing it. Only concern is if this makes people live longer (and possibly with technological development - forever) then the world will soon become hugely overpopulated.