Research released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes an adhesive patch that can deliver a triple-combination of drug, gene, and light-based therapy to colorectal tumors.

由麻省理工学院发布的研究成果表明用一种能够提供药物、基因和光疗三联疗法的贴片可以用来治疗结肠癌。

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But if you take that same drug and put it in a patch, it is such a safe medicine that it doesn't even require a doctor's prescription.

但同一种药物放到贴片里就安全了，安全到连医生处方都不需要。

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It's not on the market yet, but a patch composed of tiny needles, each the width of a few human hairs, could eventually replace hypodermic needles for most drug injections.

虽然现在没有上市，但是一种由许多比人头发还微小的针组成的注射系统将最终取代常用药物的皮下注射方式。

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But what if, instead, you could get that life-saving drug by slapping on a patch while sitting in your living room watching TV?

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Drug abuse in the northern oil patch is more than four times the provincial average.

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According to Dr Sanberg, the paradox of nicotine use in this case is explained because the drug is being administered continuously, via a patch, thus overloading the nicotinic receptors.

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