Scientists show 3D printed tablet porosity can regulate drug release
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Investigators suggest using 3D printing to adjust tablet porosity could allow for personalised medicines to be made at the point-of-care.
Researchers have identified a new additive manufacturing method that could allow for personalised medicines to be three-dimensionally (3D) printed at the point-of-care in future. The 3D printing method creates medicines with highly porous structures, which can be tailored to regulate the rate of drug release when the medication is taken orally.
The team made up of University of East Anglia (UEA) researchers and Dr Andy Gleadall and Professor Richard Bibb of Loughborough University, set out to identify how porosity of a pharmaceutical tablet could alter their release kinetics
New Additive Manufacturing Method Could Allow 3D Printing of Custom Medicine
Written by AZoMMay 4 2021
A study by scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) analyzed technology to 3D “print” pills and demonstrated that customized medicines could someday be manufactured as per individual requirements of patients.
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The research group, which also included Dr Andy Gleadall and Professor Richard Bibb from Loughborough University, has discovered a new additive manufacturing technique to enable the 3D printing of medicine in highly porous structures, which can further be utilized to control the drug release rate from the medicine to the body when it is consumed orally.
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(CN) The days of waiting some time for a pharmacist to fill a prescription made by your doctor may soon be behind us.
Pharmacies, doctors’ offices and other medical institutions could one day offer individual patients medications that are customized to their needs using 3D printing technology. The new technology has been developed in recent years under an expanding field of pharmaceutical research aiming to understand how to shape the effect medication has on patients.
The 3D-printed pill model could spark a wave of personalized pharmacological interventions tailored to meet the unique needs of all patients, according to lead researcher of the study Sheng Qi.
Bibb competes in international contest
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SIDNEY Richard Bibb, 16, of Sidney, recent;y submitted a piano suite composition to the 2021 International Piano Composition Contest, a division of Americana College of Musicians, Austin, Texas. the title is “The Great Mabelitini Sonata; Sonata in Eb major No. 1 in 3 movements.”
He began his studies at the age of four with his uncle, Kurt Moll. He joined Bach to Basic Piano Studio in January 2020 where Sharon Geissler is the instructor.When she saw his talent, she suggested he send a composition to the contest.
Timothy Brown was his judge and he had many good things to say. The third movement impressed the judge.