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Microchip Implant Delivers Timed Drug Doses
from the Guardian
Doctors have hailed the success of a small clinical trial in which patients were given microchip implants that released medicine straight into their bodies.
Seven Danish women with the bone disease osteoporosis had the chips implanted under their skin for 20 days in the first human trial to assess the safety of the technology. The devices released a dose of drug at a specific time each day, replacing the daily hormone injections currently used to manage the disorder.
The work is a major step towards an implantable "pharmacy-on-a-chip" that could be filled with a variety drugs to treat long-term conditions such as cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis, and programmed to dispense them automatically.
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