Nanobots Neutralize Stomach Acid

Aug-18-17 Nanobots propelled by micromotors could one day travel the stomach to deliver a cargo of infection-fighting medication.

Developed by a team at the University of California, San Diego, the nanobots tackle one of the major obstacles of delivering medication to the stomach—the gastric acid that tends to destroy delicate drugs.

To ensure the medication reaches its target, the tiny bots—half the width of a human hair—feature a magnesium core that will release hydrogen microbubbles when it comes in contact with gastric acid, propelling the bot while also changing the stomach’s pH level to a state safe for the antibiotics.

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