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Once again, technology is amoral, contrary to the optimism of scientists. Just as cures can be inserted into the body, what is to stop criminals from murdering people, or making them ill, using this same technology?
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Scientists have carried out trials using microscopic drones that could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers have completed the first successful tests of nanoparticles – which are targeted to go where they are needed – in mice, and hope to soon to conduct the first patient trials.
The nanoparticles are designed to latch on to hard plaques in the arteries, made from fat cholesterol and calcium, which cause heart disease.
Once they reach their target, the "drones" release a drug derived from a natural protein that repairs inflammation damage in the body.
Each of the tiny particles, made from a plastic-like material, is 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair.
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Other applications of the nanoparticles have already been tested on humans, so progress to clinical trials is expected to be swift, they said.
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The nanoparticles are made from a biodegradable polymer that dissolves away in the body over time and is used in a number of approved medical products.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11421366/Drones-could-be-used-to-seek-out-arteries-to-prevent-heart-attacks.html
Drones could be used to seek out arteries to prevent heart attacks
New trials suggest microscopic stealth drones could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries and prevent heart attacks
By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor
7:00PM GMT 18 Feb 2015
Once again, technology is amoral, contrary to the optimism of scientists. Just as cures can be inserted into the body, what is to stop criminals from murdering people, or making them ill, using this same technology?
[From article]
Scientists have carried out trials using microscopic drones that could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes.
Researchers have completed the first successful tests of nanoparticles – which are targeted to go where they are needed – in mice, and hope to soon to conduct the first patient trials.
The nanoparticles are designed to latch on to hard plaques in the arteries, made from fat cholesterol and calcium, which cause heart disease.
Once they reach their target, the "drones" release a drug derived from a natural protein that repairs inflammation damage in the body.
Each of the tiny particles, made from a plastic-like material, is 1,000 times smaller than the tip of a human hair.
[. . .]
Other applications of the nanoparticles have already been tested on humans, so progress to clinical trials is expected to be swift, they said.
[. . .]
The nanoparticles are made from a biodegradable polymer that dissolves away in the body over time and is used in a number of approved medical products.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11421366/Drones-could-be-used-to-seek-out-arteries-to-prevent-heart-attacks.html
Drones could be used to seek out arteries to prevent heart attacks
New trials suggest microscopic stealth drones could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries and prevent heart attacks
By Laura Donnelly, Health Editor
7:00PM GMT 18 Feb 2015
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