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MIT's Robert Langer turned out to be a pretty mellow guy
After years of writing about companies with technology that stemmed from the mind of legendary MIT professor Robert Langer, I finally got to chat with him on the phone.
Langer upstart rakes in fresh venture cash for mucus-targeting drugs
An upstart biotech company with intriguing new formulation technologies and a roster of influential backers has rounded up $6.2 million in additional seed capital.
MicroCHIPS' wireless implantable device delivered osteoporosis drug in people
MicroCHIPS heavily promoted some long-awaited good news this week about its wireless, implantable drug delivery microchip. A small human trial proved that it can work in people, and the patients were...
Exclusive: MIT's Langer, Farokhzad launch combination-med biotech
Serial biotech entrepreneurs Robert Langer and Omid Farokhzad are joining up with MIT's Dr. Stephen Lippard to launch a new drug developer--Blend Therapeutics--which will concentrate on the
Perosphere launches with Brown, Harvard and MIT connections
Perosphere has debuted with plans to apply new drug delivery tech to treatments already on the market. The idea is that the resulting enhanced drug could become useful in a new indication. Or, the
AA battery triggers drug delivery, Stanford U finds
An AA battery may be all you need to trigger the delivery of a targeted drug. A weak charge generated by the battery, Stanford University researchers have found, releases medication combined with
Microscale gelatin mold can cook up drug-delivering particles
The chefs at MIT's Langer Lab have cooked up another batch of possible drug-delivery devices. This time, they're in the form of a kind of microscale gelatin mold that can form layered microparticles
MIT's Langer discusses targeted drug delivery
Legendary MIT Professor Robert Langer recently talked to EarthSky about targeted drug delivery and the future of medicine. Among the many activities going on in the Langer Lab is the development of
UPDATED: Selecta teams with diabetes foundation on Type 1 vaccine
Watertown, MA-based Selecta Biosciences , the biotech brainchild of MIT's prolific Bob Langer, is teaming up with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on a synthetic nanoparticle vaccine program
MicroCHIPS begins testing implantable osteoporosis pump
MicroCHIPS of Bedford, MA, is initiating its first test for its implantable pump to deliver human parathyroid hormone marketed by Eli Lilly as Forteo, a drug that can actually rebuild bone in women
