News tagged with microneedles

Silk microneedles deliver controlled-release drugs painlessly

Bioengineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drugs over time and without need for refrigeration. The tiny needles can be fabricated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Microneedle sensors may allow real-time monitoring of body chemistry

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Sandia National Laboratories, and the University of California, San Diego have developed new technology that uses microneedles to allow doctors to detect real-time ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New pump created for microneedle drug-delivery patch

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a new type of pump for drug-delivery patches that might use arrays of "microneedles" to deliver a wider range of medications than now possible ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Microneedle, quantum dot study opens door to new clinical cancer tools

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed extremely small microneedles that can be used to deliver medically-relevant nanoscale dyes called quantum dots into skin - an advance that opens ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New microneedle antimicrobial techniques may foster medical tech innovation

A team led by researchers from North Carolina State University has developed two new approaches for incorporating antimicrobial properties into microneedles - vanishingly thin needles that hold great promise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast