Thursday, October 6, 2011

Researchers say nanorockets could deliver medicine quickly within the blood




By Lydia Leavitt


engadget.com




Doctors experiment with transporting medicine through nanotubes using rocket fuel. This works by storing healing meds with platinum-coated metal tubes; propelling tiny vessels up to 200 times their own length per second. Reacting platinum by putting in a hydrogen peroxide/water solution. Even though the reaction is only .25% peroxide, it's still slightly toxic so it's not ready to be put into humans quite yet.