The future of acne treatment might look a whole lot different than the range of oral and topical medications currently on ...

In A Nutshell Dissolving microneedle patches embedded with microscopic bubbles deliver three acne medications simultaneously, ...

Scientists are developing a microneedle patch that they hope could someday simplify IVF hormone delivery. They've tested it ...

Acne vulgaris affects a large proportion of adolescents and young adults and can lead to long-term scarring and psychological distress. Its pathogenesis involves excessive sebum production, bacterial ...

A recent review by a collaborative team from Sun Yat-sen University and Jinan University systematically summarizes the latest advances in biomacromolecule-loaded microneedles for treating various ...

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 ...

When it comes to safer, less painful, slow-release alternatives to the hypodermic injection of medications, "microneedle patches" show a lot of promise. Now, MIT scientists have adapted the technology ...

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 ...

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 at the University of British Columbia and Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institut have come up with a microneedle that can painlessly measure drugs in a patient’s bloodstream without ...