DNA profiling technologies are rapidly advancing, creating the potential to identify individuals involved in making, packing and transporting illegal capsules by analysing the exterior of the illicit ...

Now, for the first time, researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany have used living cells to manufacture cell membrane capsules to enclose and deliver drugs. These "humanized" vehicles, as ...

Lisdexamfetamine is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and binge eating disorder (BED). Lisdexamfetamine comes as an oral capsule ...

The capsule held a tiny pharmaceutical plant used to grow a crystal-based HIV drug in a low-gravity environment. Prior research has suggested some drugs may be more effective if grown in low ...