Engineers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have developed a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that uses microscopic robots or microrobots coupled with green algae. The ...

A team led by scientists at King's College London, in collaboration with national and international partners, has discovered ...

If you suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a pill full of tiny algae robots may be just what you need. The bio-hybrid microrobots have already been shown to reduce symptoms and promote ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a pill that releases microscopic robots, or microrobots, into the colon to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Inflammatory bowel disease, in which the immune system attacks the gut, is a painful chronic condition that affects three million Americans. Rates of IBD are rising, and there's currently no cure. IBD ...

Researchers from Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have identified a new molecule, naturally produced in the body, could be used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In a study ...

The human small intestine absorbs nutrients while protecting us from potentially harmful microbes. One of the cell types that ...