Many pills and injections could become history if a group of drug-delivery researchers has its way. The team has fabricated a polymer microchip that stores multiple drug doses and, when implanted in the body, could automatically release the medications at programmed intervals.
SMART MEDS. A polymer chip holds a series of reservoirs, each sealed with a polymer membrane.
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