Collaborate Disseminate
While islet cell transplants allow some diabetics to forgo daily insulin injections, those people have to take immunosuppressive drugs in order to keep the cells from being rejected. A new implant, however, could administer the drugs for them – in much… Continue reading Subdermal implant could boost islet cell therapy for diabetics
Researchers at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian have developed an implantable pump that can continuously deliver chemotherapy drugs directly into the brain to fight hard-to-treat cancer. In a phase 1b trial, patients were able to undergo t… Continue reading Implantable pump drip-feeds chemotherapy directly into brain tumors
Probiotic bacteria can’t help improve gut health if they don’t survive the trip to the intestines. Scientists have now kitted out good bugs with protective armor and backpacks loaded with molecules that can help them treat inflammatory bowel diseases (… Continue reading Nanoparticle backpacks help probiotics fight inflammatory bowel disease
Drugs given to the whole body can be too much of a shotgun approach, damaging cells that aren’t meant to be targeted. A new study has found that cloaking drugs inside red blood cells could help guide powerful but toxic antibiotics to target bacteria.Co… Continue reading Modified blood cells deliver antibiotics to kill dangerous bacteria
Technology that delivers insulin orally rather than via regular injections would be a game-changing advance in medical science, and MIT scientists have been working fervently toward this aim over many years. Their latest creation is a drug capsule that… Continue reading Motorized capsules burrow through mucus for oral insulin delivery
Scientists have recently had success in curing mice of a serious type of pneumonia, using what are described as “microrobots.” The bots were actually live algae cells, which carried life-saving medication throughout the rodents’ lungs.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Algae cells pressed into service as pneumonia-treating microrobots
Most vaccines need to be refrigerated, which makes it difficult and expensive to get them to remote areas where they’re often needed most. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new method for encapsulating vaccines in hydrogels so they can be… Continue reading Hydrogel casing keeps vaccines stable without refrigeration up to 150 °F
The immune system’s foreign body response is important for keeping us healthy – but it’s not so useful when that foreign body is a medical implant. Researchers at MIT have now developed a device that prevents scar tissue forming around implants by gent… Continue reading Inflatable insulin pumps reduce scar tissue for long-term drug delivery
Researchers at MIT have developed microparticles that can release doses of drugs at specific times over days, weeks or months. The platform could be useful for creating what the team calls “self-boosting vaccines.”Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Sci… Continue reading “Self-boosting vaccines” load multiple drug doses into a single shot
Scientists at Brown University have developed a new material that can release drugs only when pathogenic bacteria are around. When used as a bandage, the hydrogel could deliver medication on-demand when infection begins to take hold.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Smart hydrogel dressing releases antibiotics when it detects bacteria