Watch a tiny robot back flip through a real colon
A microrobot as small as a few human hairs can do flips through the colon to deliver drugs. Check out the video to see it in action.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: robots drug-delivery featured health-and-medicine magnetic-fields
A new platform for controlled delivery of key nanoscale drugs and more
The novel approach, developed by MIT chemical engineers, could help create more efficient consumer products, including drugs, cosmetics, and food.
Aug. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: pharmaceuticals research school-of-engineering nanoscience-and-nanotechnology chemical-engineering drug-delivery
Synthetic coating for the GI tract could deliver drugs or aid in digestion
MIT engineers devise a temporary film that may help treat diabetes, infections, and other conditions.
Aug. 26, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: health medicine research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih koch-institute drug-delivery
Syringe technology could enable injection of concentrated biologic drugs
Researchers have designed a simple, low-cost device for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations.
Aug. 24, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: vaccines research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering drug-delivery surface-engineering health-science-and-technology
COMMANDing drug delivery
A new computational method fine-tunes delivery of therapeutics to specific brain regions.
July 10, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: medicine neuroscience research school-of-science brain-and-cognitive-sciences materials-science-and-engineering dmse koch-institute mcgovern-institute drug-delivery
Helping drug-delivering particles squeeze through a syringe
MIT engineers are using computing modeling to prevent microparticles from clogging during injections.
July 8, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering koch-institute chemical-engineering drug-delivery
How cancer drugs find their targets
Certain cancer therapeutics concentrate within cells — a finding that could change the way scientists think about drug design.
June 26, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: medicine cancer biology research drug-development school-of-science whitehead-institute koch-institute drug-delivery
Patch that treats melanoma dissolves in 1 minute
A new wearable patch for treating melanoma dissolves quickly while leaving tiny needles that deliver chemotherapy drugs over time.
June 16, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: cancer nanotechnology chemotherapy skin-cancer skin melanoma drug-delivery health-and-medicine wearable-devices
New model of the GI tract could speed drug development
Studies of drug absorption in the small intestine could help researchers identify medicines that can be taken orally.
April 27, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: research drug-development mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering national-institutes-of-health-nih koch-institute chemical-engineering drug-delivery
Coronavirus vaccine patch shows promise in mice
Scientists have now published the first peer-reviewed study on a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. They've tested the microneedle array on mice.
April 6, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: covid-19 vaccines viruses drug-development drug-delivery featured health-and-medicine
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