News tagged with microneedles


Measles vaccine given with a microneedle patch could boost immunization programs

Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer microneedle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research done ...

Medications created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Startup receives $4 million to develop drug delivery targeted to the back of the eye

Technology developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University for delivering drugs and other therapeutics to specific locations in the eye provides the foundation for a startup ...

Ophthalmology created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grant funds feasibility study of microneedle patches for polio vaccination

The Georgia Institute of Technology will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ...

Medical research created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows H1N1 microneedle vaccine protects better than injection

(Medical Xpress) -- A vaccine delivered to the skin using a microneedle patch gives better protection against the H1N1 influenza virus than a vaccine delivered through subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast