Create a robot that simulates intestinal bacteria

The single-celled Giardia parasitoid is known to be very common in human intestinal tracts and other animals. Since being identified about 250 years ago, this bacterium is always attracted by scientists for their strange behavior.

Professor Mingjaun Zhang and his colleagues at the University of Tennessee are investigating how Giardia bacteria can cling to large amounts in the intestinal tract and swim comfortably under these conditions. In addition, they can adapt to a variety of different gut environments.

Giardia bacteria

This study not only helps prevent the adhesion of Giardia to the intestinal tract to find effective treatments, but also to create new medical robots. The nanomedicine robot is very effective in non-invasive surgery, can transport the drug to the right place in the body to avoid full body effect in the normal route, can navigate to break the kidney stones ... In addition This will also allow scientists to create more simulated robots for military use in complex terrains.