DNA nanorobots
Animal study
- What happened
Researchers at Arizona State University and China's National Center for Nanoscience and Technology reported in Nature Biotechnology that DNA nanorobots shrank tumors in mice with breast, melanoma, ovarian and lung cancers; in the melanoma model, three of eight mice saw their tumors disappear.
- Why it matters
In mice it cut off tumors' blood supply within a day without harming healthy tissue, and in a melanoma model it more than doubled survival.
Arizona State University, 12 Feb 2018- How far from your life
Working prototype
DNA nanorobots for cancer is on step 2 of 5. Still years away; many prototypes stall here.
- Source
“showed complete regression of the tumors.”Arizona State University, 12 Feb 2018
The bigger picture
More on DNA nanorobots
On step 2 of 5: Working prototype. Everything we track on it