Micro needle-Based System Can Take Pain Away from Vaccinations

Microneedle-Based System Can Take Pain Away from Vaccinations

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For kids who hate needle pricks, there may be another option in the offing. Scientists at Hyderabad campus of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani have developed a microneedle patch for drug delivery using a biopolymer, zein.
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Microneedle patches for flu vaccination prove successful in first human clinical trial

Despite the potentially severe consequences of illness and even death, only about 40 percent of adults in the United States receive flu shots each year; however, researchers believe a new self-administered, painless vaccine skin patch containing microscopic needles could significantly increase the number of people who get vaccinated.

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