Gummy robot does ‘the worm’ when temps change

A soft robot powered by nothing more than temperature change may one day be able to crawl through the human body to deliver medicine.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Dec. 16, 2022 ~4 min

Drug crosses blood-brain barrier to fight glioblastoma in mice

A new way to get drugs across the blood-brain barrier in mice could one day lead to a way to treat humans with brain cancer.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~7 min


‘Click chemistry’ can deliver drugs to treat bone tumors in dogs

A process called "click" chemistry may efficiently deliver cancer drugs to dogs with bone tumors while reducing side effects.

Brian Consiglio-Missouri • futurity
Nov. 9, 2022 ~7 min

‘Click’ chemistry may deliver drugs to treat bone tumors in dogs

A process called "click" chemistry may efficiently deliver radioactive cancer drugs to dogs with bone tumors while reducing side effects.

Brian Consiglio-Missouri • futurity
Nov. 9, 2022 ~7 min

Targeted drug delivery boosts antibiotics power

"By using a targeted delivery system, we can actually reduce the dose of the antibiotic and still effectively kill the pathogen."

Lesley Henton-Texas A&M • futurity
Nov. 7, 2022 ~6 min

Magnetic bacteria ‘bots’ could deliver drugs to fight tumors

Researchers have figured out how to control magnetic bacteria and get it to cross blood vessel walls to deliver anti-cancer drugs.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
Oct. 27, 2022 ~7 min

Protein enters mouse brain, flips switch, and vanishes

Researchers report a way to deliver a protein to the brain quickly, effectively, and briefly. The protein degrades naturally after performing its task.

Olga Kuchment-Texas AM • futurity
Oct. 20, 2022 ~6 min

Dust-length pipes could deliver drugs without leaks

Microscopic pipes, two million times smaller than an ant, could one day funnel drugs to individual human cells without fear of leaking.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Sept. 9, 2022 ~6 min


Want your pills to work faster? Posture matters

Want your medication to take effect faster? Stand up straight. Posture can cut as much as an hour in the time it takes for your meds to start working.

Jill Rosen-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Aug. 15, 2022 ~5 min

See a tiny robot suck up cargo as prep for drug delivery

The origami-inspired "millirobot" is a step toward targeted drug delivery and less invasive medical procedures.

Stanford • futurity
June 17, 2022 ~7 min

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