Producing A More Effective Oral Form Of A Powerful Disease-fighting Protein
Monday, December 22, 2008 - 09:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward using a natural disease-fighting protein in pills or syrups that patients can take by mouth rather than injection. Their study is the first to show that coating the protein with a polymer material already in wide medical use can increase its absorption by the intestine.