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ResearchIngestible COF that delivers insulin could help diabetics duck injections
When blood glucose levels are high, glucose displaces insulin loaded in the framework
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News
Suit of iron turns sperm cells into spermbots
Researchers have created microrobots that swim under the influence of a magnetic field, by coating sperm cells with iron nanoparticles. The spermbots could one day be used to deliver drugs to hard-to-reach areas in the body. Micro- or nanorobots are systems that can respond to a stimulus with some ...
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Research
Edible MOF sugar-coats painkiller
When ibuprofen is encapsulated in a sugar-based MOF its effects last twice as long
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Feature
Intracellular delivery
Drugs that can enter cells and take useful payloads with them are maturing, finds Andy Extance
