A team of scientists from Rice University in the United States announced the development of a device that can be implanted in the body that may treat types of cancer in just 60 days.
The team developed a 76 mm implantable device that works as a cancer detection system. Doctors then determine the medications the patient needs and then place this medication in the device to be released into the body.
The team said: “The advanced hybrid molecular manufacturing regulator is full of sensors that monitor rapidly mutating cancer cells and adjust the release of immunotherapy drugs based on the patient’s response.”
For his part, bioengineer Omid Fisse, the lead researcher on the team, said: “This type of closed-loop therapy “.
“has been used to manage diabetes, where you have a glucose monitoring device that is constantly communicating “.
“with the insulin pump, but for immunotherapy “For cancer, it is revolutionary.”
Dr. Amir Al-Jazairi, another lead researcher on the team, explained that the device will help to obtain .
a real understanding of how cancer cells change so that we can change in parallel, and the simple procedure .
allows the device to be implanted in the abdomen, and it will then constantly monitor.
the patient’s cancer and adjust the doses of immunotherapy drugs. In real time.”
Dr. Jazayeri added: “This device will communicate wirelessly, perhaps with a smartphone, and it can also be charged externally.”
It is worth noting that immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that uses substances made .
by the body or in the laboratory to boost the immune system in the hope that the body will naturally fight cancer.
