Successful human tests for first wirelessly controlled drug-delivery chip
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
About 15 years ago, two professors had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient's body. This week, they reported that they have successfully used such a chip to administer daily doses of an osteoporosis drug normally given by injection. The results represent the first successful test of such a device.