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Dec 05, 2019

MIT researchers are developing an oral contraceptive that only has to be taken once a month. The new contraceptive pill is based on star-shaped drug delivery systems, which can remain in the digestive tract for days or weeks after being swallowed.

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Oct 16, 2019

New capsule can orally deliver drugs that usually have to be injected

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Jul 25, 2019

Microrobots, tiny drug-filled capsules 20 micrometres in diameter that can motor around the body to target cancer cells, have been successfully demonstrated in mice intestines in a colon cancer model, and could one day be targeted treatments for cancers in hard to reach places in the body.

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