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Nature Materials 2, 709 - 710 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat1005

Drug delivery: Pulsed polymers

Jennifer L. West1

  1. Jennifer L. West is at the Department of Bioengneering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77251, USA. e-mail: jwest@rice.edu

Biodegradable polymers can now be used to fabricate microchip implants that release drug doses at predetermined times over many months.

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