When you pull up your sleeve to get your yearly flu shot, you might feel a twinge of anxiety as a health care provider readies the needle and syringe. Maybe you find yourself looking away or taking ...

An engineer from Purdue University has developed a new method of treating wounds for people who suffer from diabetic foot ulcers. Rahim Rahimi is an assistant professor in the School of Materials ...

Medicus Pharma Ltd. has announced that its Investigational New Animal Drug for a dissolvable Doxorubicin-containing microneedle array (D-MNA) has received Minor Use in Major Species Designation (MUMS) ...

(Nanowerk News) The effectiveness of a vaccine strongly depends on the ability of the vaccine components to reach and activate antigenpresenting cells, especially dendritic cells in the lymphoid ...

In parallel to their current work on a potential coronavirus vaccine, researchers have developed a new vaccine delivery system for vaccines using live or attenuated viral vectors: a finger-tip sized ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading over the world, causing panic and illness on a scale unprecedented in one hundred years. Even while the death toll nears 100,000, with over 1.5 million confirmed ...

Primary tissues are fixed by the magnetic microneedle scaffold and cut into small pieces by a slicing device, which are imparted with magnetic responsiveness because of the encapsulated microneedle ...

Painful hypodermic needles may not be needed in the future to give shots, inject drugs and get blood samples. With 4D printing, Rutgers engineers have created tiny needles that mimic parasites that ...

A glucose-responsive “closed-loop” insulin delivery system mimicking the function of pancreatic cells has tremendous potential to improve quality of life and health in diabetics. Here, we report a ...

The idea that a small, comfortable patch could be worn on the skin and replace the need for daily injections sure is an exciting prospect. That's why we have seen numerous takes on microneedle ...

Researchers have proved that “injection-free” vaccines are an effective tool in the fight against diseases. The team, based in King’s College London and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ...

Fabrication process and actual image of the silicon-based neural microelectrode array. a 1800 μm thick double-polished silicon wafer. b Microneedle array root fabrication with etching. c Microneedle ...