Sentences with phrase «microneedle patch»
A microneedle patch is a tiny patch with very small needles that are used to deliver medication or collect samples for testing through the skin. Full definition
Painless, easy - to - use microneedle patches could one day replace flu injections and help increase vaccination rates around the world, Science News reports.
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«Microneedle patch delivers localized cancer immunotherapy to melanoma.»
«Novel microneedle patch for faster, effective delivery of painkiller, collagen.»
Scientists have developed an influenza vaccine delivered via microneedle patch that provided 100 percent protection against a lethal influenza virus in mice more than one year after vaccination.
Researchers have developed new microneedle patches that can administer flu vaccines without the pain of using regular shots.
The safety, immunogenicity, and acceptability of inactivated influenza vaccine delivered by microneedle patch (TIV - MNP 2015): a randomized, partly blinded, placebo - controlled, phase 1 trial.
The app then recommends microneedle patches to treat displayed skin issues.
Laboratory experiments showed that the novel microneedles patch can deliver lidocaine within five minutes of application while a commercial lidocaine patch takes 45 minutes for the drug to penetrate into the skin.
Fluorescence imaging of a microneedle patch.
«After 40 days, 40 percent of the mice who were treated using the microneedle patch survived and had no detectable remaining melanoma — compared to a zero percent survival rate for the control groups,» says Yanqi Ye, a Ph.D. student in Gu's lab and co-lead author of the paper.
The microneedle patch loaded with anti-PD-1 nanoparticles was compared to treatment by injecting anti-PD-1 antibodies directly into the bloodstream and to injecting anti-PD-1 nanoparticles directly into the tumor.
«Using a combination of anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 in the microneedle patch, 70 percent of the mice survived and had no detectable melanoma after 40 days,» Wang says.
Inventors holding the microneedle patch in their hands (from left to right: David Chenloong Yeo, Chenjie Xu, Yuejun Kang, and Peng Xue).
In a trial of 100 people, the microneedle patch caused no major side effects, little to no pain, and triggered an immune response similar to traditional flu shots, researchers report in The Lancet.
To expand their research on potential applications of the microneedles patch, the NUS team conducted a study to explore its effectiveness in delivering collagen into skin.
As their novel technique for drug delivery is non-invasive and easy to use, the NUS team envisioned that the microneedles patch has great potential for applications in clinical and home care settings for the management of perioperative pain and chronic pain in patients suffering from conditions like diabetes and cancer.
Dr Kang Lifeng of the Department of Pharmacy at NUS holding a microneedle patch in his left hand, and a photomask in his right hand.