Iontophoresis, Drug Delivery by Electrical Waves
March 31, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
If you recall electrophoresis experiments from your high school biology class, you’ve seen how ions in an electrical current can move DNA fragments in gel channels. That’s a similar concept to a drug delivery technique developed at the University of North Carolina and Duke University where a tiny electrical generator can be implanted in a tumor and have its current drive particles of chemotherapy inside where there is little vascularization. The piece describes the motion as being like “a surfer riding a wave.” MORE
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