health

California start-up sends tiny robots on voyage into brains

6 Comments
By Laurent BANGUET

The requested article has expired, and is no longer available. Any related articles, and user comments are shown below.

© 2022 AFP

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.


6 Comments
Login to comment

Where is Raquel Welch when you need her! ;)

A truly fascinating advance, even I can see this tech could be used in many more areas and treatments.

Look forward to seeing how this developers in the future.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

Cool tech.

1 ( +1 / -0 )

I do not consent

Does this mean you are a patient of inoperable Dandy-Walker Syndrome or malignant gliomas? else why would you need to consent to this possibly life-saving procedure?

-1 ( +2 / -3 )

It may seems strange to focus on DWS and gliomas (because there are other problems that are much more frequent and in urgent need for better surgical solutions), but it makes a lot of sense to focus on things that require relatively simple procedures once access is achieved, puncturing a cyst or injecting a small dose into a tumor are things that can be done with relative safety even by robots with limited functions.

Hopefully in the near future other more complex treatment will also become possible.

-2 ( +2 / -4 )

Fascinating news, can't wait to see how useful this technology can become. A lot of problems on the brain could be solved if this prove to be safe.

0 ( +3 / -3 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites