IBEC als mitjans Dilluns, 20 de Febrer de 2012

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"Un chip implantado bajo la piel libera fármacos a voluntad"

IBEC director and head of the Biomaterials for Regenerative Therapies group Josep Planell was quoted as an expert opinion last week in an article in La Vanguardia. The story covered a new chip developed at MIT able to release drugs under the skin while dosage and timing is controlled wirelessly.

Josep called the development 'a milestone, a dramatic breakthrough' and elaborated that such devices might also be useful as biological sensors, for example to monitor glucose and insulin levels in diabetics. He stressed, however, that it will be some years before such wireless-controlled implants will be able to be used on a large scale.

To read the article click here: http://www.lavanguardia.com/ciencia/20120217/54255880277/chipimplantado-bajo-piel-libera-farmacos-voluntad.html