Medicine Release vs. Time
Extended Release:
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Difficult Treatments:
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Depending on shape and porosity of the Silicon carriers. Medicinal release can be Extended to days, weeks, months or even a year.
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For treatments or therapies that are difficult and/or need time before healing occurs. Porous Silicon can help to reduce hospital visits or the amount of painful treatments saving the patient and hospital time and cost.
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courtesy of Dr. Alessandro Grattoni of the department of nanomedicine at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Fine D, Grattoni A, Goodall R, et al. Silicon micro- and nanofabrication for medicine. Adv Healthc Mater 2013; 2: 632–666
Fine D, Grattoni A, Goodall R, et al. Silicon micro- and nanofabrication for medicine. Adv Healthc Mater 2013; 2: 632–666