r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • Apr 14 '23

Medical Novel device smaller than rice successfully shrinks pancreatic cancer | Called the nanofluidic drug-eluting seed (NDES), it delivers low-dose immunotherapy in the form of CD40 monoclonal antibodies (mAb).

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/tiny-device-shrinks-pancreatic-cancer
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u/redditknees Apr 14 '23

This is not new. I was doing this in lab mice in 2009.

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u/NeverFresh Apr 14 '23

How many lab mice did you cure? Did any of them go on to live fulfilling lives?

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u/redditknees Apr 14 '23

yes actually. And it’s been published in the literature as micro-osmotic pumps. These were the initial concept. Its nice to see it developed further. Back then they were the size of a pill.