How to help the medicine go down: how UMass Amherst scientists are helping to engineer the next generation of medications - EurekAlert

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have engineered a new class of material, called a “polyzwitterionic complex,” or “pZC,” which is able to both withstand the harsh acidic conditions of the stomach and then dis…

image: Inside the acidic environment of the stomach, pZCs remain in their associated state, but disassociate as they move into the intestine.view more  Credit: Khatcher Margossian, https://doi.org/1… [+3804 chars]

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