Abstract:Introduction
50 million patients are diagnosed with arthritis yearly, with a total of 20% of the nation suffering from this ailment. No curative treatment for arthritis currently exists, only therapeutics that mitigate its symptoms while inducing severe side effects from chronic systemic exposure. The current inadequacy of treatment highlights the need for innovative drug delivery methods. We have developed a photosensitive method of drug delivery that can be spatiotemporally controlled to treat arthritis and … Show more
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