The Packard Foundation 1d ago

Every day, our bodies protect us from potential threats. Our skin keeps out pathogens. Mucus traps bacteria. These barriers are essential, but they can also prevent medicine from reaching the places it needs to go.  At the University of Colorado Boulder, 2022 Packard Fellow Wyatt Shields and his team are working to address this challenge with microscopic robots that could one day deliver drugs or genes to targeted sites in the body. The ability to guide treatments right where they need to go could make them more effective with fewer detrimental side effects.