Researchers develop 3D printed drug delivery system using a magnetic field

Researchers from the UK and US claim to have developed a 3D printed device with a controllable system for on-demand drug delivery via an integrated magnetic field.

This system was designed with the idea of creating a safe, long-term, and reusable method for localised disease treatment for indications like cancer.

According to the researchers, 3D printing technology was used because: “This technology can achieve detailed and flexible spatial composition and provide more available starting materials (like colloidal inks, bio-inks, and polymers) for the unprecedented complex and precise manufacture of 3D drug delivery systems.”

The research paper titled, “Novel 3D printed device with integrated macroscale magnetic field triggerable anti-cancer drug delivery system” has been published in the journal, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces.