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UNC-School of Medicine: Scientists Successfully Maneuver Robot Through Living Lung Tissue
September 22, 2023
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release:

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Ron Alterovitz, PhD, in the UNC Computer Science Department, and Jason Akulian, MD MPH, in the UNC School of Medicine, have shown that their steerable lung robot can autonomously maneuver the intricacies of the lung, while avoiding important lung structures.

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Lung cancer is the leading cause of canc . . .

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