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HTTP:: Ultraviolet Light Based Drug Delivery Now Possible
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Experts in the United Kingdom and Germany have recently announced the development of a new drug-delivery method, which relies on microcapsules and ultraviolet light to get the job done. Essentially, the medicine is loaded unto the capsules, which are then steered to their correct destination. The main goal is to avoid inflicting damage to healthy tissue, the team reports. Once they've arrived, the capsules can easily be ruptured by shining ultraviolet light over them. This ensures a smooth and effective delivery process, which only acts on its targets, Technology Review reports. “You can keep the capsules in the body for a while, and then you switch [on] the light to release them,” Queen Mary University of London (QMU) Professor of Biomaterials Gleb Sukhorukov, who is also a project researcher, explains. The most amazing advantage about the new microcapsules is that they could, for example, be placed at the site of a surgery, and could be made to release their cargo o!
ver several weeks, essentially providing healthcare experts with a new way of dosing medication. The new technique, however, does not imply that the patient needs to come to the hospital every few days. The new structures could also be of significant importance in gene therapies. In these types of treatments, genes are ofte...
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