Andrei Kostylev, a third-year medical student at Friendship University of Russia, has created nanobots to fight blood clots and atherosclerosis.
According to him, these nanobots are injected into the radial artery and controlled by a magnetic field, delivered to the desired location, where they release the medicine they carry to dissolve the accumulated plaque or blood clot.
He said: “The idea came to me in a dream two years ago, when I was a freshman. I dreamed that insect-shaped robots would fly through the bloodstream. Yes, it’s a dream. But then I set out to design a microstructure that would allow for the remote treatment of atherosclerosis and blood clots. I made a decision.” .
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Student Andrei Kostylev
Next, Andrei Kostylev designed a model of nanobots, which have a microscopic oval structure and can bring the drug directly from the inside to where it is needed to destroy plaques and clots.
“The robots are injected into the radial artery and controlled remotely using a hardware and software complex, the patient feels nothing even though he is fully conscious,” he said.
In order to realize this project and attract investors, Kostylev gathered a team of students and young researchers from specialized universities, and after the team won the SberStudent accelerator competitions, it managed to attract investors while estimating the amounts invested in this project. more than 40 million rubles, some from the Russian Direct Investment Fund and others from the private sector.
Source: Izvestiya newspaper
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