AggreBots: Tiny living robots made from lung cells could one day deliver medicine inside the body

A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie Mellon University's Ren lab. Referred to as AggreBots, these microscale living ...
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Scientists create living robots with customizable movement powered by human lung cells

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: ...
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Gene Responsible Lungs' Natural Cleaning System Discovered

New York (MedscapeWire) Jan 10 — Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) have discovered the human version of a gene and gene product that is an essential component of ...
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Gene crucial to normal development of lungs and brain: Discovery may lead to new ways to replace damaged lung tissues with stem cells

Scientists have identified a gene that tells cells to develop multiple cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move fluids through the lungs and brain. The finding may help scientists generate new ...
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Scientists identify gene crucial to normal development of lungs and brain

La Jolla ---- Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a gene that tells cells to develop multiple cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move fluids through the lungs ...