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Tiny Pumps Can Inject Drugs Directly Into the Brain

24-Jan-2018

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MIT has developed a tiny pump to be implanted into a patient’s brain.

Delivers precisely measured and targeted drugs to specific brain areas.

Could treat neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

MiNDS can chemically modulate the local neuronal activity and related behavior.

Initial study performed lab rats and monkeys.

The study was published in the Science Translational Medicine journal.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Private land-grant research university

Science Translational Medicine

Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine

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