By generating oxygen inside the implant, scientists significantly improved cell survival and sustained multi-drug delivery over 30 days.

May 9 (Reuters) - (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Ultrasound waves can penetrate through thick tissues and print medical implants inside a body, experiments in ...

NASA has opened another front in the long-running exploration of drug delivery in space. The latest initiative sees implantable drug delivery devices sent to the International Space Station on a ...

Northwestern University scientists developed HOBIT, a wireless implant that produces three different drugs simultaneously for ...

Sustained-release intraocular implants represent a rapidly advancing class of ophthalmic drug-delivery platforms engineered to maintain therapeutic intraocular concentrations over months to years. By ...

An MIT spin-off in Massachusetts, backed by the Gates Foundation, has developed a small, remote-controlled drug-dispensing implant that sits just under your skin. To activate the drug dispenser you ...

While we've heard about a number of drug-dispensing medical implants, most of them have the same drawback – they end up getting covered in scar tissue. An experimental new one avoids that problem by ...

Biosynthetic cellulose offers potential for applications such as wound dressings, implantable materials, and drug-delivery systems. In 2016, German biotech company JeNaCell GmbH devised means for ...

Physicians have long been interested in approaches to chronic pain management that are less prone to abuse than traditionally prescribed medications. But the ongoing opioid crisis in America has shone ...

Subcutaneous implants are injectable drug delivery systems effective for treatments lasting weeks to years. These implants ensure the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) is released precisely where ...

A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological diseases such as epilepsy. Researchers from DTU, the University of Copenhagen, ...