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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/longterm_capsule.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Researchers Develop Long-Term, Drug Release Capsule' data-article-id='2073'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9750'>Researchers have developed a long-lasting capsule that, when swallowed, slowly releases medicine into the body.</span> <span data-start-time='9750' data-end-time='16729'>The researchers say the capsule was developed for treatment of the disease malaria.</span> <span data-start-time='16729' data-end-time='23542'>But they believe it could hold medicines for a number of health problems.</span> <span data-start-time='23542' data-end-time='34146'>Once inside the stomach, the plastic capsule opens up to release the drug in small, measured amounts.</span> <span data-start-time='34146' data-end-time='40375'>The plastic is designed to resist the stomach&rsquo;s acidic environment.</span> <span data-start-time='40375' data-end-time='49021'>The device breaks down after about two weeks and is expelled with waste products.</span> <span data-start-time='49021' data-end-time='55875'>At that time, a patient would swallow another drug-containing capsule.</span> <span data-start-time='55875' data-end-time='64188'>Researchers have tested capsules filled with the drug ivermectin on pigs and dogs.</span> <span data-start-time='64188' data-end-time='69875'>Ivermectin is used to treat parasitic organisms.</span> <span data-start-time='69875' data-end-time='75063'>It kills mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite.</span> <span data-start-time='75063' data-end-time='82396'>Scientists are now designing a program to test the capsule in people next year.</span> <span data-start-time='82396' data-end-time='92708'>The scientists work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham and Women&rsquo;s Hospital in Massachusetts.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/AE904E98-8462-4530-922F-EEDC3CEB3326_w987_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7729 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/what_does_capsule_mean.m4a'>What does capsule mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a very small container that is filled with medicine and swallowed whole'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/a_space_travel_vehicle.m4a'><span>a space travel vehicle</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/a_research_project.m4a'><span>a research project</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/a_very_small_container_that_is_filled_with_medicine_and_swallowed_whole.m4a'><span>a very small container that is filled with medicine and swallowed whole</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/a_treatment_for_malaria.m4a'><span>a treatment for malaria</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=7730 data-hint-location='55875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/how_have_researchers_tested_the_capsule.m4a'>How have researchers tested the capsule?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='on pigs and dogs'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/on_parasites.m4a'><span>on parasites</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/in_outer_space.m4a'><span>in outer space</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/on_human_subjects.m4a'><span>on human subjects</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/on_pigs_and_dogs.m4a'><span>on pigs and dogs</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=7731 data-hint-location='23542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/once_inside_the_stomach_the_plastic_capsule_opens_up_to_release__blank_.m4a'>Once inside the stomach, the plastic capsule opens up to release <span class='blank'>medication</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='medication'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/malaria.m4a'><span>malaria</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/medication.m4a'><span>medication</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/parasites.m4a'><span>parasites</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1557/waste_products.m4a'><span>waste products</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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