Drug Delivery Technology
Biotechnology
Hormone offers promise as treatment for Alzheimer's and stroke
Researchers have discovered a way to bypass the blood brain barrier, thus providing them with a way of quickly and easily delivering a hormone, which offers promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease and stroke, to the brain. ... Continue Reading
New diabetes treatment developed
A new study by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed a treatment that could potentially be used to selectively kill autoimmune cells produced by patients, it has been claimed. ... Continue Reading
Seed implants may benefit obese cancer patients
Obese patients suffering from prostate cancer may find brachytherapy, or seed implants, more beneficial that surgery, it has been asserted. ... Continue Reading
New insight into diabetes treatment
A new survey has been conducted to offer an insight into how insulin injections impact people with diabetes. ... Continue Reading
Compound may improve drug delivery, cancer therapies
An international team of researchers has found a potential use for natural compounds derived from Fijan water animals, in the development of anti-cancer therapies and improvement of drug delivery. ... Continue Reading
Viral, Gold Nanoparticles Can Assemble Themselves to Find, Treat Disease
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that they have created a way for viral and gold particles to "directly assemble" and potentially seek out and treat disease where it resides in the body. ... Continue Reading
New 'Self-exploding' Microcapsules Could Take Sting Out Of Drug Delivery
Belgian chemists have developed ... Continue Reading
Engineered stem cells show promise for sneaking drugs into the brain
One of the great challenges for treating Parkinson's diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders is getting medicine to the right place in the brain. The brain is a complex organ with many different types of cells and structures, and it is fortified with a protective barrier erected by blood vessels and glial cells -- the brain's structural building blocks -- that effectively blocks the delivery of most drugs from the bloodstream. ... Continue Reading
UC Berkeley Researchers Working On Ouchless Injections
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Slow-Release Microchip May See Off Pills
A drug-containing implantable microchip could mean that patients will no longer have to worry about forgetting to take their medication. The microchip, which is just a touch over one centimeter in length, contains hundreds of small grooves that can be filled with drugs. The chip is then coated with different types of polymer that biodegrade at different rates, thus meaning that the chip can be loaded with several different drugs. ... Continue Reading
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