Ultrasound improves efficiency of transdermal drug delivery

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Although some medications just don’t work when taken orally, the fact is that nobody likes getting injections. Research being conducted at MIT, however, could lead to a new painless method of drug delivery via the skin. Harsh though it might sound, it involves using ultrasound to blast off the outer layer of skin, so that drugs can then get into the bloodstream... Continue Reading Ultrasound improves efficiency of transdermal drug delivery

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Medication, MIT, Ultrasound, Vaccines

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