Taking prescription medications in the right dose at the right time can directly impact a patient’s health. Conversely, missing medications or not taking them as required can have costly results.

HOUSTON – (April 3, 2023) – Missing crucial doses of medicines and vaccines could become a thing of the past thanks to Rice University bioengineers’ next-level technology for making time-released ...

The researchers first described their new microfabrication technique for making these hollow microparticles in a 2017 Science paper. The particles are made from PLGA, a biocompatible polymer that has ...

(Nanowerk News) Missing crucial doses of medicines and vaccines could become a thing of the past thanks to Rice University bioengineers’ next-level technology for making time-released drugs. “This is ...

The size of poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) microparticles is of critical importance for polymer degradation and drug release rates. Current methods for the characterization of PLGA ...

A “smart” vaccine may be on the horizon as researchers develop microparticles that can release their contents at different time points, potentially streamlining the vaccination process. Having ...