Many new drug delivery devices are being developed to improve various disease treatments. A new micro device utilizing nano-engineered materials has been developed as an attempt to help sure cancer and HIV. This is an advanced drug-delivery system that works with micro-particles to make nearby tissues permeable to the drug. The uses of this device are endless, but just a few applications for this type of drug delivery can be to destroy kidney stones, tumors, and ulcers.

Dr. Shubhra Gangopadhyay from the University of Missouri in Columbia lead this effort. This device, called Mizzou’s Device, is about one cubic inch in size and will be in testing phase for about three years prior to being released to be pharmaceutically available to ensure thorough and adequate testing. Gangopadhyay and her team ensure that the nano-particles are not hazardous to the body and demonstrate no adverse affects in the mice tested. Nems/Mems Works, LLC plans to market the device and the nano-particles associated with it.

-Amy

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