A pill for delivering biomedical micromotors
Date | 5th, Sep 2018 |
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Source | Phys.org - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Using tiny micromotors to diagnose and treat disease in the human body could soon be a reality. But keeping these devices intact as they travel through the body remains a hurdle. Now in a study appearing in ACS Nano, scientists report that they have found a way to encapsulate micromotors into pills. The pill's coating protects the devices as they traverse the digestive system prior to releasing their drug cargo.