POSTS TAGGED AS drug delivery

Electrically Triggered Microneedle Patch

Digital automation of transdermal drug delivery with high spatiotemporal resolution
“Here, we report a spatiotemporal on-demand patch (SOP) that integrates drug-loaded [MORE]

Microbots in the Bladder

Medical ‘microrobots’ could one day treat bladder disease, other human illnesses
“A team of engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder [MORE]

Ultrasound Propelled Microbots for Drug Delivery

Sound-powered microbots zip to where they’re needed to deliver drugs
“Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder say they’ve taken the [MORE]

A Sonophoresis Patch

Painless patch uses ultrasound to deliver drugs through the skin
“The team [at MIT] calls the system a Conformable Ultrasound Sonophoresis [MORE]

A Cell-Size Robot

Researchers have created a micro-robot propelled by electricity and magnetic fields that can identify and capture a single human cell
“Once [MORE]

Swarming Molecular Robots

Swarm robotics on the molecular scale
“An important stepping-stone in developing artificial molecular machines was the capability to control and manipulate [MORE]

Implantable Pump for Brain Tumors

Implantable pump drip-feeds chemotherapy directly into brain tumors
“Researchers at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian have developed an implantable pump [MORE]

Red Blood Cells Engineered to Deliver Antibiotics

Smart red blood cells deliver antibiotics to kill specific bacteria
A few years ago scientists at McMasters University in Canada developed [MORE]

DNA Nanochannels in Artificial Membranes

Protein-transporting membrane channel made of DNA
From researchers at Arizona State University: “we describe a synthetic channel that allows precisely timed, [MORE]

New Polymer for Drug Delivery in the GI Tract

A new polymer system to revolutionize the delivery of therapeutics
“Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they [MORE]

Ingestible Capsule for mRNA Delivery

Pill that releases mRNA in the stomach to administer vaccines or treat GI disease
“Here, we [engineers at MIT] describe orally [MORE]

Microbots that “Swim” Drugs to Tumors

Shape-morphing microrobots deliver drug to cancer cell
In “ a proof-of-concept study, [Chinese] researchers, reporting in ACS Nano, made fish-shaped microrobots [MORE]

Neural Interface and Microfluidics Device

Flexible neural interface  and microfluidic device
“We [South Korean robotic engineers] fabricated a microfluidic interconnection cable (µFIC) and integrated it with [MORE]

Ultrasound Propelled Microswimmers for Drug Delivery to Tumors

 
Cell-size robotic swimmer powered by ultrasound waves
Cornell University engineers “created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound [MORE]