Snail inspired soft robots to transform precision drug delivery in bowel cancer

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Manchester researchers have secured nearly £1 million from UKRI to develop miniature snail inspired soft robots capable of delivering anti cancer drugs with unprecedented precision inside the human body.

Current drug delivery methods often struggle to target anti cancer treatments precisely at tumour sites, leading to unwanted effects elsewhere in the body. Manchester’s snail inspired robots aim to change this by delivering therapies only where they are needed, with highly targeted, region-specific precision.