A team of investigators from the Purdue University has developed an innovative component for drug-delivery patches, that now ensures a much wider palette of drugs can be administered via these devices.The new type of pump holds great promise for allowing experts to use “microneedles” for delivering healin... |
1 September 2010
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Patients with an insurmountable fear of needles can now rejoice. In the near future, the association between hospitals and needles could be laid to waste, thanks to a new medical device recently created. The instrument is in fact a patch laden with microneedles, which patients cannot feel. They can be used to deliver... |
20 August 2009
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Autonomous robots are no news flash, but one that can travel through flesh all on its own is. Duke University bioengineers created such a device in their laboratories, and the little machine is capable of navigating its own way through skin samples, find pieces of shrapnel, and guide a needle to their location, witho... |
19 June 2009
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In the not-so-distant future, getting a flu shot or another vaccine could be as easy as drinking a cup of yogurt. Naturally, it won't be just yogurt that you're eating, but a very potent chemical mix that will feature all the active ingredients your immune system will need to recover. Naturally, creating su... |
18 March 2009
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