Researchers wanted to create a formulation capable of injection through a small-gauge needle that lasts for at least six months and up to two years. They began working with levonorgestrel, a ...

"The solvent is critical because it allows you to inject the fluid through a small needle, but once in place, the crystals self-assemble into a drug depot," Traverso says. By altering the density ...

For many people, injection needles can be scary – and the larger ... and it involves turning those drugs into tiny crystals that self-assemble into clusters. The SLIM approach involves injecting ...

"The solvent is critical because it allows you to inject the fluid through a small needle, but once in place, the crystals self-assemble into a drug depot," Traverso says. By altering the density of ...

Involving the injection of tiny, drug-delivering crystals suspended within a solvent, the team’s method could deliver drugs with thinner needles, fewer injections, and a lot less pain overall.

“The solvent is critical because it allows you to inject the fluid through a small needle, but once in place, the crystals self-assemble into a drug depot,” Traverso says. By altering the density of ...

"The solvent is critical because it allows you to inject the fluid through a small needle, but once in place, the crystals self-assemble into a drug depot," Traverso says. By altering the density ...