| 3D printing technology can now produce cars, even big objects like a house, but you know that it can actually make something smaller than a grit, which is especially useful in medicine.  A team led by the George Washington University (GWU) recently achieved such a feat by developing a microcapsule, the Biocage, in 3D, and so far the team has shown through mouse experiments that Biocage can be precise Delivering medicines, which will help doctors create new therapies against disease, especially rare ones. It is understood that Biocage is a multi-party cooperation between GWU, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, Brown University, Yale University and the Children's National Medical Center, with a length of only 0.9 millimeters developed by Nanoscribe's two-photon lithography nano-3D printer. The holes on which the drug is released are smaller and have a diameter of just 0.005 mm. |
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