Researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed a device known as microsize-gap, multiple shot electroporation (M2E) which can be used for effective drug delivery to cancer cells. Electroporation is a method wherein a weak electric pulse is applied to cells to open up their membranes, through which the cancer drug molecules can seep in. Highlights of M2E It is a microgap, multishot electroporation system with a microsized and multipulse framework.
Electrodes are installed in the device, placed at a small distance from each other to allow a better view of cancer drugs and to generate a strong electric field. Tumor cells are permeabilized allowing better transfusion of anticancer drugs like bleomycin and cisplatin. A time window of two hours is available for the cancer drug molecules to transfuse through the membrane which is 400 times more than…
