New 3D printing method makes Band-Aid for the heart possible: « A new way to 3D print material that is at once elastic enough to withstand a heart’s persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints, and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects. »

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Researchers have created bubble-like microrobots, made of hydrogel and magnetic nanoparticles, that can precisely deliver therapeutic drugs right where they are needed using an external magnetic field, and then be absorbed by the body

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Researchers Transformed Real Sperm Cells into Tiny, Magnetically Controlled Microrobots 🤖🧬. Once Inside, They Can Potentially Deliver Drugs 💊 to Hard-to-Reach Places. The Medication is Loaded Directly into the Sperm Cell Bodies, Turning Nature’s Own Cell Delivery Systems into Programmable Microrobots.

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Scientists develop microscopic, wireless implants covered with living cells 🧬 (to avoid body’s immune system) that are injected into blood vessels 🩸, travel to cross the blood-brain barrier 🧠 while leaving it intact, and autonomously self-implant in the brain in mice 🐭, to provide treatment without surgery.

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Researchers have developed a microrobot controlled with magnets 🧲, capable of transporting drugs 💊 to specific locations within the body, then it dissolves to release its cargo at the destination 🌟.

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🔬 Duke University biomedical engineers have successfully grown specialized blood vessel cells critical for retinal health from human stem cells (iPSCs) for the first time.

🩹 When injected into mouse models of retinal disease, these "retinal endothelial cells" helped regenerate blood vessels and restore vision.

🧪 Researchers also demonstrated these lab-grown cells can form functional retinal vascular tissue, offering a new pathway for disease modeling and research.

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