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Tiny Implant Opens Way to Deliver Drugs Deep Into the Brain


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Hair-thin brain implant

This undated image provided by researcher Canan Dagdeviren in January 2018 shows an implant that can precisely drip medications deep into the brain by remote control.

Credit: Canan Dagdeviren/Massachusetts Institute of Technology via AP

Scientists have created a hair-thin implant that can drip medications deep into the brain by remote control and with pinpoint precision.

From The Associated Press
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