Microbial therapeutics: New opportunities for drug delivery

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Jimenez, Miguel; Langer, Robert S; Traverso, Carlo Giovanni
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Abstract
With >40 clinical trials underway, we are nearing the first FDA-approved live microbial therapeutic. Here, Giovanni Traverso, MIT and Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor, and colleagues Miguel Jimenez and Institute Professor Robert Langer from MIT discuss the significant challenges of administering live microorganisms to patients and the opportunities for drug delivery of these new complex therapeutics.
Date issued
2019-04
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126020
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Journal
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Publisher
Rockefeller University Press
Citation
Jimenez, Miguel et al. "Microbial therapeutics: New opportunities for drug delivery." Journal of Experimental Medicine 216, 5 (April 2019): 1005–1009 © 2019 MIT
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ISSN
0022-1007
1540-9538
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