This review shows how microneedle-based cosmetic systems bypass the stratum corneum to deliver poorly penetrating actives, ...

New research could help make future mRNA vaccines easier to store and distribute. The study, involving RMIT University, the ...

The microneedle system is inspired by the carnivorous plant Drosera capensis, known for capturing prey through coordinated ...

New research could help make future mRNA vaccines easier to store and distribute. The study, involving RMIT University, the ...

New research involving multiple partners has identified conditions that could improve the stability of dry mRNA vaccine ...

It's only a matter of time before drugs are administered via patches with painless microneedles instead of unpleasant injections. But designers need to balance the need for flexible, ...

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed a microneedle-based patch as a means of delivering birth control drugs. In their paper published in the journal ...

Microneedle patches are the next tier up from a basic hydrocolloid sticker: instead of just absorbing a surfaced whitehead, ...

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 ...

Would you be more likely to get your flu vaccine if, instead of getting a shot, you could simply stick a patch on your skin? A small new study suggests that such a patch is safe to use and that people ...

March 24 is World TB Day—an occasion to galvanize more attention to an unnecessarily persistent disease. Tuberculosis is chronically overlooked. Fully one-quarter of the world’s population is infected ...