October 4th, 2011 at 2:17PM

Using Peroxide-Fueled “Nanorockets” to Deliver Medications:

Doctors [are] experimenting with a new method of delivering medicine to the bloodstream via tiny nanotubes powered by rocket fuel. By storing healing meds within the platinum-coated metal tubes, doctors have been able to propel the tiny vessels up to 200 times their own length per second — faster than swimming bacteria. It works as such: by introducing a hydrogen peroxide/water solution, the platinum reacts, sending it zipping forward and catalyzing the peroxide into water and oxygen.

(via Researchers say nanorockets could deliver medicine quickly within the blood — Engadget)

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