Posts Tagged ‘microneedles’
Measles vaccine in a painless patch
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — A new microneedle patch could offer an easier way to deliver a vaccine for measles, a disease that killed nearly 140,000 children in 2010. Continue…
Thursday, December 6, 2012 13:10 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2010 11:17 - 4 Comments
Melting needles make vaccines painless
EMORY/GEORGIA TECH (US)—A patch with hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could make it possible to painlessly administer vaccines—while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 19, 2010 17:29 - 1 Comment
Workouts strengthen endothelial cells’ grasp
U. PENN (US)—Bioengineers have demonstrated that the cells that line blood vessels respond to mechanical forces—the microscopic tugging and pulling on cellular structures—by reinforcing and growing their connections, thus creating stronger adhesive interactions between neighboring cells. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 12:59 - 0 Comments
Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines
EMORY (US)—Flu vaccine delivered through microneedle skin patches is just as effective at preventing influenza in mice as immunization by hypodermic needle, researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology find. (more…)
