Adaptable Drug-Delivery Platform Accelerates Next-Gen Medicine

An adaptable materials platform can safely and efficiently deliver a wide range of genetic medicines, a breakthrough that could accelerate the development of next‑generation...

Vaccines Via Dental Floss

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine delivery approach that uses dental floss to administer vaccines through the junctional epithelium, the thin, permeable tissue located between the teeth and gums. Read on to learn more about it.

Medical Podcasts

Listen to the medical podcasts, including one examining personalized medicine and drug delivery — and how cutting-edge tools like AI, automation, and robotics are transforming cancer care; one on the growing emphasis on sustainability in drug-delivery devices; one on how targeted intra-arterial delivery platforms are redefining the treatment of solid tumors; and more.

Panther Life Sciences Partners with BioForge to Accelerate Development and Manufacturing of Microarray Patches

Panther Life Sciences, which develops shelf-stable treatments to deliver better health for all, has formed a strategic alliance...

Making Bandages from Artificial Spider Silk

Researchers have made their own version of fake spider silk, but this one consists of proteins and heals wounds instead of haunting hallways. The artificial silk is strong enough to be woven into...

Improved Microneedle Technology

An improved technique uses a single microneedle to get enough fluid for a test in about 10 minutes. The microneedles penetrate the outer skin layer, but they don’t reach nerve endings and are hollow. Read on to learn more.

How Advanced Drug-Delivery Systems Are Improving Healthcare

Innovative reusable drug-delivery devices are transforming the administration of high-dose biologics by enabling self-administration of challenging drug formulations. These devices support high viscosity and larger injection volumes, enhancing patient comfort and adherence. Read on to learn more.

Videos of the Month

See the videos of the month, including one on drug-loaded 3D-printed films that could change cancer treatments forever; one on CELMoDs, which are designed to attack cancer in a novel way, by binding to a regulatory protein called cereblon, which then triggers the degradation of key cancer-driving proteins; one on the bridge recombinase mechanism, a precise and powerful tool to recombine and rearrange DNA in a programmable way; and one on immune cells called regulatory T-cells.

Device Delivers Gene Therapy for Lung Disease

Drug-delivery researchers have developed a device with the potential to improve gene therapy for patients with inherited lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis. In cell culture and mouse models,...

Targeted Drug Delivery: Nanomedicine Paves the Way for Treatments

In a study published in Advanced Materials, researchers have demonstrated that an innovative nanovector (nanogel), which they developed, is able to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs in a targeted manner into glial cells actively involved in the evolution of spinal cord injury, a condition that leads to paraplegia or quadriplegia.

Bioengineering the Body to Make its Own Medicine

Delivering genetic material tagged with a cellular “ZIP code” prompted cells to secrete proteins or drugs into the bloodstream that successfully treated psoriasis and cancer in mouse models....

DNA Particles That Mimic Viruses Hold Promise as Vaccines

Researchers have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine, which has been tested in mice, consists of a DNA scaffold that carries...

Human Factors in Drug Delivery

Human factors engineering helps prevent errors and contributes to the successful use of the device.

Drug-Delivery System Improves Cancer Treatment

A new hydrogel-based delivery system balances the acidic environment in a tumor and greatly enhances the cancer-fighting activity of the chemotherapeutic drug it encapsulates in lab...

New Formulations, Processes Could Improve Delivery of mRNA

A team of university and industry researchers is developing new formulations and manufacturing processes for the messenger RNA (mRNA) delivery systems used in some COVID vaccines.

Drug-Delivery System Improves Cancer Treatment

A hydrogel-based delivery system balances the acidic environment in a tumor and greatly enhances the cancer-fighting activity of the chemotherapeutic drug it encapsulates in lab experiments.

TeleDaaS: Dosimetry-as-a-Service for CROs Launches at RSNA23

TeleDaaS™, PLLC, a dosimetry-as-a-service, made its official debut at RSNA2023. The new service specializes in delivering clinical-grade, precision-based dosimetry analysis and...

Drug-Delivery Platform Uses Sound for Targeting

Research teams have created an entirely new kind of drug-delivery system to give doctors the ability to treat cancer in a more targeted way. The system employs drugs that are activated by ultrasound — and only right where they are needed in the body.

Gel-Coated Tubes Flying on SpaceX CRS-29 Will Investigate How the Mucus Lining of the Lungs Affects Drug Delivery

Approximately 10 percent of babies in the U.S. are born prematurely, which puts them at risk for developing respiratory...

Breaking Barriers in Drug Delivery with Better Lipid Nanoparticles

A collaboration between Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, is working to break through drug-delivery bottlenecks by designing...

Adhesive Film Offers Pain-Free Drug Delivery

A team of researchers has recently developed easy-to-use oral films that enable painless, efficient, and discreet drug administration. The novel oral film releases drugs into the bloodstream via...

Hydrogels as a Drug-Delivery Medium

Hydrogels are a proven material used within the wound care industry. They are valued for their cooling, soothing, healing properties, and absorptive characteristics. Outside of the field of wound care, the applications of hydrogels have been expanded into the drug-delivery space.

Manufacturing Considerations for Implantable Drug-Delivery Systems

With all the benefits implantable systems offer therapy developers, clinicians, and patients, it is easy to see why market projections for this segment are on the rise.

How Nature Inspires the Future of Health

The animal kingdom has fascinated man from the beginning of time. From the most minute organisms to undersea and land creatures that have perfectly evolved to adapt to their environments, we have looked...

From The Editor - Patient Demand Drives Smart Drug-Delivery Systems Market

A recent report reveals that the growth in prevalence of chronic diseases and rise in patient preference for advanced drug-delivery systems are driving the global smart drug-delivery systems market.

Videos of the Month

The videos of the month include a wearable patch that applies painless ultrasonic waves to the skin, millirobots, drug-delivery systems, and more.

Q&A: Wearable Injectors and Connected Devices for Drug Delivery

SAE Media Group’s inaugural Wearable Injectors and Connected Devices USA Conference takes place in Boston, September 13–14, 2023. SAE spoke with conference speaker Alexandra Benbadis about her insights on this vital market.

Robotic Pill Safely Delivers Injectable Osteoporosis Drug

A proven and effective medication for osteoporosis, which is currently only available as an injection, can be administered orally using a novel “robotic pill,” according to a...

Novel Microneedle Array Enables Breakthrough Treatment

A research team has designed a new microneedle patch to offer a highly effective nonantibiotic approach for the treatment of skin infection.