Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta have developed melting microneedle patches comprising a drug dissolved or dispersed in a wax.
According to the old adage, "Where there's muck, there's brass." And this may prove to be the case for a group of researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, led by Kim Lewis. Their work over the past 18 months has captured media attention following their use of an electronic isolation chip (Ichip) to grow bacteria from soil and then identify and harvest antibiotic compounds contained therein.
