3 Questions: Ram Sasisekharan on hastening vaccines and treatments
Biological engineer discusses condensing the time taken to develop therapeutics down from many years to a matter of months.
Biological engineer discusses condensing the time taken to develop therapeutics down from many years to a matter of months.
The novel approach, developed by MIT chemical engineers, could help create more efficient consumer products, including drugs, cosmetics, and food.
MIT engineers devise a temporary film that may help treat diabetes, infections, and other conditions.
Researchers have designed a simple, low-cost device for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations.
A new computational method fine-tunes delivery of therapeutics to specific brain regions.
MIT engineers are using computing modeling to prevent microparticles from clogging during injections.
Certain cancer therapeutics concentrate within cells — a finding that could change the way scientists think about drug design.
Studies of drug absorption in the small intestine could help researchers identify medicines that can be taken orally.
Long-lasting capsule can remain in the stomach and release contraceptive drugs over several weeks.
Coating particles with “right-handed” molecules could help them penetrate cancer cells more easily.
Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.
Study shows tumors with softer, larger cells at their periphery are more likely to spread; may suggest new route for cancer therapy.
Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestine.
Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages.
Smart materials change properties in response to specific DNA sequences; could be used in a variety of devices.