The team drew inspiration from nature, specifically cephalopods like squids ... to deliver materials to different regions of the digestive system. One capsule is dome-shaped and designed for ...

In the depths of the digestive tract, such alignment is extremely challenging. Keen to find a better way forward, Dr Traverso considered the cephalopod. Just as cephalopods are able to propel ink ...

Researchers have come up with capsules, modelled on cephalopods like squids and cuttlefish, that directly release drugs ...

Inspired by cephalopods Drugs that consist of large proteins or RNA typically can't be taken orally because they are easily broken down in the digestive tract. For several years, Traverso's lab ...

The siphon organ also allows cephalopods to shoot jets of ink ... In a series of experiments using tissue from the digestive tract, the researchers calculated the pressures needed to expel ...

It then uses jets, modeled after the organs cephalopods use to propel themselves through the water and to release ink, to eject drugs into the tissue lining the digestive tract. The researchers ...