Johns Hopkins researchers are touting microdevices that can latch onto intestinal mucosa and release drugs into the body.
Led by engineering professor David Gracias and gastroenterologist Dr. Florin Selaru, the team of researchers and biomedical engineers designed and tested shape-changing microdevices that they say can mimic the way the parasitic hookworm affixes itself to an organism’s intestines, according to a news release.
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