Microchip 'could do away with pills': BBC

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Scientists in the United States have developed a microchip technology that can deliver medications over an extended period, specifically up to 140 days. This innovation has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of treatments, including HIV therapy. The microchips are designed to release drugs in a controlled manner, which prevents them from being excreted quickly and allows for sustained therapeutic effects.

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Scientists in the United States have developed a new way of taking medicines which could improve the effectiveness of some treatments including HIV therapy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3205800.stm
 
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Anyone have any idea how these 'chips' can work for up to 140 days? Why aren't they excreted after a day or two?
 

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