Cryotherapy Machines and Their Place in a Bio-Engineered Future
Cryotherapy and biotechnology are breaking new barriers
The cryotherapy industry is growing rapidly and different branches of science are adopting it. Here’s how cryotherapy fits into bioengineering. Bioengineering is a relatively new but rapidly evolving field that has the potential to transform healthcare. But cryotherapy machines in the field of biotechnology is an even less popular term. In short, bioengineering involves various disciplines, combining knowledge in biology, nanotechnology, chemistry, engineering, and computer science.
Bioengineers make medical discoveries in equipment, devices, vaccines, and other products. The bioengineering knowledge base has been quite successful in the last few years as shown in the developments in microneedles, brain-controlled prosthetics, and wearable technologies. Scientists working in biotechnology are however not done yet. Here are some of the recent trends in bioengineering and how cryotherapy fits into them.
Recent Trends in Bioengineering That Relate to Cryotherapy
Nanorobots
Scientists are working to design robots that are small enough to enter the bloodstream and kill cancerous cells. These nanorobots are DNA-based and are programmed to bind with proteins in the cancerous cells before releasing drugs to treat the tumors. The use of this technology will be beneficial to patients as the procedure will be less invasive and will lead to reduced side effects. This is because the procedure is very targeted and the whole body is not overloaded with chemotoxicity. Cryotherapy machines are an important part of nanotechnology development because temperature-negative expansion nanodrugs are a promising way scientists hope to achieve effective cancer treatments in the near future.¹
Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy
Bioengineering has also had an immensely positive effect on the medical research field. Advances in detection technology and software algorithms have increased the resolution of biomolecular structures to near-atomic levels. This has helped in the medical research of previously hard to understand bacteria and viruses. Cryogenic-electron microscopy has benefited hugely from these advancements in bioengineering technologies. This technique involves the freezing of samples to cryogenic temperatures to determine their macromolecular structures without needing to be crystallized. The current collaboration between bioengineering and cryotherapy in the medical research field has the potential to reduce sample examination time from the current few days to as little as an hour.
Cryosurgery
Cryosurgery was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, so it is not a new development in the medical industry. This procedure involves using liquid nitrogen or argon to freeze and destroy unwanted cells in the body.² This technique was mostly used for external tumors, especially on the skin, where the coolant was applied directly to the unwanted mass with a cotton swab or spraying device. Recent developments have however increased the application of the method to treat internal tumors. The doctors in this case guide a cryoprobe containing the cooling agent using ultrasound or MRI equipment while checking the freezing cells to ensure the healthy ones are not damaged. Bioengineering is working to improve the technology and equipment to improve the process of cryosurgery.
Cryotherapy Machines in Biotechnology
Biotechnology and cryotherapy are two of the fastest evolving industries in the world today. These industries have significant input in the development of modern medicine, so it is not a surprise that researchers are using the two knowledge bases together. If the recent developments are anything to go by it is not long before we get to extensively use cryotherapy machines in hospitals.
Founded on facts: for peer-reviewed articles, scholarly journals, and articles cited above please see the below sources.
Cryoablation-activated enhanced nanodoxorubicin release for the therapy of chemoresistant mammary cancer stem-like cells - https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/tb/c9tb01922g#!divAbstract
Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment - https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/surgery/cryosurgery-fact-sheet
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