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Autonomous devices for drug delivery

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Advances in implantable and ingestible devices are transforming delivery of drugs for emergencies and chronic care, a giant step towards personalized, precision medicine.

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Fig. 1: The future of autonomous systems for drug delivery.

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    Abdulkadir Sanli, Tinghao Hu, Leyang Li & Firat Güder

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Sanli, A., Hu, T., Li, L. et al. Autonomous devices for drug delivery. Nat. Biomed. Eng 9, 1182–1183 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-025-01473-x

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