Investigators designed a capsule that can be swallowed once a month, reside in the stomach and release a drug to prevent pregnancy Daily oral contraceptive pills allow women to manage thei... Read more
Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestine. Many drugs, especially those made of proteins, cannot be taken orally because they... Read more
Investigators used artificial intelligence to identify top 10 variables that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, future heart failure among patients living with diabetes Heart failu... Read more
Study finds altered gut microbiota in infants with food allergy; oral therapy to replenish bacteria prevented food allergy and suppressed established disease in mice. Every three minutes, a... Read more
Building on new insights about nanoparticles, investigators develop a test for early detection of diseases, including different types of cancer Investigators from Brigham and Women’s H... Read more
Smart Needle Syringes and hollow needles—among the most feared and most commonly used tools in medical practice—have been around for more than a century. However, the precise insertion of th... Read more
New approach using multiple microRNA ‘hitchhikers’ to weaken cancer cells in advance of standard therapy shows promise in preclinical models In cancer therapeutics research, micr... Read more
Pilot study by Brigham investigators finds that an innovative care-delivery program helped 81 percent of participants achieve blood pressure control in seven weeks Hypertension, or high bloo... Read more
Injectable material made of nanoscale particles can deliver arthritis drugs throughout cartilage. Osteoarthritis, a disease that causes severe joint pain, affects more than 20 million people... Read more
New, affordable mobile device could aid people in developing countries The management of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV), an autoimmune disorder that cripples the immune system by attac... Read more
Genetic engineering allows different species of bacteria to communicate with each other in the gut of a living mouse, setting the stage for a synthetic microbiome More than 1,000 species of... Read more
A team of Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have developed a way to bioprint tubular structures that better mimic native vessels and ducts in the body. The 3-D bioprinting technique a... Read more
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