This Innovation Could Lead to Major Advances in Medical Therapies (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

This Innovation Could Lead to Major Advances in Medical Therapies

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A bioengineering team at UCSB has developed synthetic platelets to deliver drugs directly to the source of disease. Indicative of the UCSB medical efforts that comprise EMBODI, the innovation could lead to major advances in medical therapies.

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Peter Allen

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