By Scarlett Mora, age 11
A nanobot is a small robot that could be used to treat cancer. Nanobots are the size of a blood cell. One way they could help is by being injected into the bloodstream to target cancerous tumors. Then they could cut off the blood supply and release blood clotting drugs.
Nanobots could also be used to create efficient and long-lasting artificial blood replacement fluids. The small robots could go through the blood vessels to bring more oxygen to the brain. Or they could be helpful in fighting diseases by taking out harmful bacteria and for blood transfusions.
“Nanorobots are set to open new frontiers in medicine, potentially allowing us to carry out surgical repairs with fewer risks than conventional treatments and target drugs with pinpoint accuracy in hard-to-reach parts of the body,” said Dr. Qi Zhou, who co-led the nanobots cancer study and works at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering. His team developed tiny robots that can be put into a human’s body to cure their sickness. The scientists injected several hundred billion nanobots to transport drugs to particular parts of the body.
This topic is important for readers to know about because it can encourage them to see new technology tackling problems we have faced for a long time. It can also motivate future scientists to help treat cancer in the future.
