iPill
Philips Research iPill for Crohns Disease Drug delivery
Submitted by pamelan on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 22:35Digestive tract disorders such as Crohn's disease, colitis and colon cancer are becoming increasingly common, particularly in the western world. Crohn’s disease and colitis can be treated with drugs, notably steroids, but many of these drugs have adverse and unpleasant side effects for patients when administered systemically as whole-body doses.