injection

Startups needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal

Posted in Medicine on 12th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller

Collaboration with pharmaceutical giant will bring smart jet-injection device to market.

Self-healing nanogel acts as long-term drug supply

Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

MIT chemical engineers have designed a new type of self-healing hydrogel that can be injected through a syringe to supply one or two different drugs at a time.

Insulin pill may soon be a reality

Posted in Medicine on 28th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

Daily jabs of insulin are a painful reality for many with diabetes. That may change if researchers who have successfully tested oral insulin in rats are able to replicate those results in humans.