Specific topics include the abilities to recognize, sort and transport important molecules; sense the environment; alter shape or surface texture; generate onboard energy to power effective robotic functions; communicate with doctors, patients, and
other nanorobots; navigate throughout the human body; manipulate microscopic objects and move about inside a human body; and timekeep, perform computations, disable living cells and viruses, and operate at various pressures and temperatures.
Not exact matches
He hopes the cancer - targeting
nanorobots will steer clear of
other rapidly dividing cells, such as those in the gut and at hair follicles, which often suffer collateral damage during chemotherapy.
If nuclear DNA damage was removed, such as via the somewhat distant molecular nanomachinery of chromallocytes, programmable
nanorobots moving from cell to cell to fix each breakage, then aside from the elimination of cancer, would it have any
other measurable effect on health and longevity?