Under your skin – redefining drug delivery with implantable microchips

MIT professors Michael Cima and Robert Langer had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip more than 15 years ago. Image courtesy of M. Scott Brauer.

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  MIT professors Michael Cima and Robert Langer had the idea to develop a...
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  The device delivered dosages comparable to injections without any side-effects.
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  The device, about 3cm by 5cm and 1cm thick, is roughly the size of a heart...
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  Chips used in the study stored 20 doses but MICROchips are working on a...
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  Current versions can be pre-programmed or triggered remotely over a distance...
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  Robert Farra believes at some point in the future it will be “absolutely”...

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