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Pint of Science 2019: The Art of Science
21 Jun, 2019
New snippet is now live!
The efficacy of orally administered drugs suffers as therapeutic compounds struggle to traverse the intestinal mucus. Read on to find out how scientists could solve this issue.
Author: Narina Bileckaja
Link- https://the-gist.org/2022/11/bringing-sci-fi-alive-how-robots-can-help-us-treat-diseases/
