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Research is underway into creating a microparticle drug delivery system that mimics the properties of a red blood cell.

From the liver to the kidneys to the lungs, the human body is equipped with many levels of filters, which protect the body from harmful outside materials. But this system also has its downsides. Critically important drugs such as chemotherapy or multiple sclerosis treatments are also foreign materials, so the body filters out a large portion of these drugs – up to 90%, in some cases.

Research is underway into creating a microparticle drug delivery system that mimics the properties of a red blood cell.

We need more people in medicine working to serve their own communities

From under the lights of Drachman Stadium to under the microscopes of the University of Arizona's Neurobiology Lab, women's track and field thrower Grace Hala'ufia is representing the 'A' in more ways than one.   In addition to training and competing as a discus thrower and shot putter, Grace Hala'ufia spends much of her time working as a student researcher in the university's Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program.