UPI reported on UBC research that may make monitoring a drug easier and less painful.
Engineering PhD student Sahan Ranamukhaarachchi created a small microneedle patch that measures the drug vancomycin in a patient’s system based on concentrations in fluid just under the top layer of skin. The device does not need to draw blood for the analysis.
“This is probably one of the smallest probe volumes ever recorded for a medically relevant analysis,” said pharmaceutical sciences professor Urs Hafeli.
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