Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have made breakthrough discovery. This technique could be very rewarding in the medical field, as it allows the transport and release of drugs by red blood cells using light at precise locations throughout the body.
The research was led by Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor David Lawrence in the Ethelan School of Pharmacy. This technique will allow physicians to administer drugs at exact locations in the body by using red blood cells. This is an amazing breakthrough, as it will allow doctors to administer a lower amount of drugs for more effcective results. Also, it will allow them to target individual parts of the body, making the drugs more effective.
Lawrence and his team attached a drug molecule to vitamin B12 and loaded the compound into red blood cells. They were then able to use long-wavelength light to penetrate deep enough into the body to break molecular bonds; in this case, the drug linked to vitamin B12. This allowed the red blood cells to release the drug. This method is also very promising because it allows the red blood cells to circulate the drug for up to months, so treatment will not be needed as often.
Peyton Phillips
Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170104143603.htm
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