New Invention: An Implantable Capsule For Killing Tumors, Houston Methodist Research Institute Study

Researchers from University of Texas at San Antonio and Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed a new injectable drug delivery capsule that can administer medication locally for extended periods of time. The device, reported on in Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, has approximately 5,000 microscopic channels through which a drug is pumped and a special membrane that regulates how fast the medication is delivered.