Helping drug-delivering particles squeeze through a syringe
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 - 13:11
in Physics & Chemistry
Microparticles offer a promising way to deliver multiple doses of a drug or vaccine at once, because they can be designed to release their payload at specific intervals. However, the particles, which are about the size of a grain of sand, can be difficult to inject because they can get clogged in a typical syringe.