A small patch, no larger than a bandage, may soon change how doctors understand the immune system. Instead of relying on ...

Microneedle patches could be a painless alternative, and now researchers have developed a way to use them to detect biomarkers at much lower levels, without drawing blood. Microneedle patches are ...

Scientists at the University of Washington say their approach would be more precise and less painful than the traditional skin test that uses a hypodermic needle. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Elizabeth ...

Micron Biomedical has begun trialing a microneedle-based measles-rubella vaccine in children. The Atlanta-based drug delivery specialist said the phase 1/2 study is the first time a microneedle ...

Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for ...

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis say they have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest, and ...

March 24 is World TB Day—an occasion to galvanize more attention to an unnecessarily persistent disease. Tuberculosis is chronically overlooked. Fully one-quarter of the world’s population is infected ...

Contraceptives are rarely convenient – implanted devices are invasive, and you have to remember to take the pill every day. Now a team led by researchers at Georgia Tech are developing a painless, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Peanut-coated microneedles may represent a safe and effective alternative to epicutaneous immunotherapy, ...

New York, Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent market analysis by Persistence Market Research unveils robust growth in the global Microneedle Drug Delivery Systems Market. The market achieved ...

What’s more appealing: getting a shot, or swallowing a pill full of needles? The lesser of those two evils may seem obvious, but a new invention may soon cause you to second-guess that preference.