Join the club for FREE to access the whole archive and other member benefits.

Wireless device delivers drugs to brain

16-Jul-2015

Key points from article :

Tiny “wireless optofluidic neural probe” the width of a human hair implanted in mouse brain and triggered by remote control to deliver drugs. Could be used throughout the body to continuously deliver medications using printer style cartridges of drugs.

The study was published in the Cell journal.

Mentioned in this article:

Click on resource name for more details.

Cell

Scientific journal publishing research from many disciplines within the life sciences

Jae-Woong Jeong

Assistant Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Washington University School of Medicine

Medical school of Washington University in St. Louis

Topics mentioned on this page:
Medical Technology