How nanobots are accelerating cancer-targeting therapies

Nature NewsCenterEN 6 min read 100% complete by Amanda HeidtOctober 29, 2025 at 09:00 PM

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Sylvain Martel and his team at Polytechnique Montréal have been developing drug-loaded nanorobots that can be guided through a pig’s body using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to target cancer treatments specifically in the liver. In 2017, they successfully demonstrated an increase in robot delivery efficiency by adjusting the animal's position within the MRI machine. This experiment marks significant progress towards potential human applications of nanorobotic technology for diagnosing and treating cancers more effectively. Already, research shows promise for using these tiny robots to assist with biopsies, surgeries, cancer screening, and drug delivery.

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