In this groundbreaking study, Dr. Gizem Gümüşkaya and her team have developed tiny robots made from human cells, which they call 'anthrobots'. These robots possess the ability to repair damaged nerve tissue. This innovation could create a significant transformation in the fields of personalized medicine and tissue engineering.
Quick Overview of the Study:
🤖 A Revolutionary Approach: Going beyond traditional xenobots, these anthrobots were designed using human tracheal cells. Since they can assemble on their own, there’s no need for manual intervention, marking an important step in robot design.
🚗 Autonomous Movement Mechanism: After growing, the cells come together in a spherical shape, developing cilia on the surface of the spherical structure, which they use like paddles to propel themselves in various directions. These unique structures, which move autonomously, promise great potential for targeted therapeutic applications.
💊 Healing Ability: These robots, placed on damaged neural tissue, become 'superbots' that successfully heal the damage in just three days. This remarkable success is achieved without making any genetic alterations to the anthrobot cells.
🚀 Wide Application Potential: The versatility of anthrobots opens the door to various medical applications, such as clearing veins or delivering drugs. Beyond the medical field, they could also be used in areas like sustainable building materials and space exploration.
Superbot: Describes a biological entity or system designed with superior capabilities, employing extremely high technology, surpassing natural organisms.
Beyond Contemporary Medicine
🩸 Personalized Medicine: Imagine a world where treatments are tailored to individual needs. Anthrobots customized according to the patient's own tissue could herald a new era of personalized healthcare.
🧫 Tissue Engineering 2.0: This research propels us toward the era of 'Tissue Engineering 2.0'. Here, the synthetic enhancement of developmental processes is used for groundbreaking applications, including limb regeneration.
🛰️ Sustainability and Space Applications: By combining different cell types and stimuli, biobots may emerge as sustainable solution tools for both terrestrial and space endeavors.
The development of anthrobots signifies a transformation in the fields of biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine. This study provides us with a glimpse into a future where synthetic biology and engineering come together to create innovative solutions. This is just the beginning of a journey where small cell-based robots could have a significant impact on our world.
🔗 Examine the Study More Closely: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202303575
Anthrobots are on the path to becoming the miniature medicines and operator doctors of the future. This transformation in the healthcare sector revolves around developing safer, more customized, and more effective therapeutic methods. Many methods are being developed to ensure that all therapeutic approaches are applied to patients in the safest way possible. One of the most important technologies we have is growing human stem cells in laboratory settings and testing on them.
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ABS Biotechnologies is one of the leading companies in this field, with its next-generation platform for detecting the side effects of drugs on the human cardiovascular system. ABS Biotechnologies Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Chukwuma Agu, MBA will be speaking on the use of stem cell technology for safer drug development on February 22 at DasDas. Be a part of this transformation and reserve your place!
A discovery expected to make a breakthrough in medicine! Gizem Gümüşkaya explained!
Dr. Gizem Gumuskaya completed her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture at Istanbul Technical University in 2015, followed by her master's studies in Architecture and Synthetic Biology at MIT, and then her PhD in Biology at Tufts University and Harvard Wyss Institute. Known for her work that deeply connects design and biology, Dr. Gümüşkaya is one of the best examples showing that there are no limits to what women can achieve. If you want to hear more success stories of women in STEM, Dr. Elisa Arthofer will be one of the keynote speakers on February 22 at DasDas.
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