{"id":198240,"date":"2024-10-24T16:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/scientists-develop-grain-sized-soft-robots-controlled-by-magnetic-fields-for-targeted-drug-delivery"},"modified":"2024-10-24T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T21:30:37","slug":"scientists-develop-grain-sized-soft-robots-controlled-by-magnetic-fields-for-targeted-drug-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/scientists-develop-grain-sized-soft-robots-controlled-by-magnetic-fields-for-targeted-drug-delivery","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop grain-sized soft robots controlled by magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRxuiKl_TzE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Imagine a tiny, soft robot that could change the way medicine is delivered to targeted areas in the body.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future.<\/p>\n<p>The new soft robot developed by engineers at NTU\u2019s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) was reported in a paper <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202408750\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Advanced Materials.<\/p>\n<p>The study is believed to be the first reported instance of miniature robots that can transport up to four different drugs and release them in reprogrammable orders and doses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a tiny, soft robot that could change the way medicine is delivered to targeted areas in the body. A team of scientists at NTU has developed grain-sized soft robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery, paving the way to possible improved therapies in future. The new soft robot developed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":709,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/709"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}