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Drug delivery: Closed-loop dynamic dosing

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A system consisting of an aptamer-based microfluidic biosensor and a simple feedback-control algorithm adjusts therapeutic dosing in near real time in small animals.

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Figure 1: Closed-loop control of drug infusion enabled by an aptamer-based microfluidic biosensor.

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