If you’re a gardener – and definitely if you’re a farmer – you want to spend less on fertilizer but while growing more food.

Microneedle patches already show a great deal of promise as a painless alternative to hypodermic needles. A new one, however, could find use as a more effective means of treating serious bacterial ...

Micron Biomedical has begun trialing a microneedle-based measles-rubella vaccine in children. The Atlanta-based drug delivery specialist said the phase 1/2 study is the first time a microneedle ...

This review highlights the potential of natural polysaccharide microneedles in cancer immunotherapy, focusing on localized ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Switzerland’s Paul Scherrer Institut have come up with a microneedle that can painlessly measure drugs in a patient’s bloodstream without ...

Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Peanut-coated microneedles may represent a safe and effective alternative to epicutaneous immunotherapy, ...

Scientists have developed a press-on application process that may make it easier for people to get both medical and cosmetic tattoos. Tattoos may seem like they’re everywhere, and no longer taboo. But ...

Well, Actually is a weekly column by Slate’s Shannon Palus. Each week, she’ll test health and wellness products to help readers figure out what they should try, what they should skip, and why. Living ...