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Vaccine Patch Removes Needle Pain

Posted by timothy on from the non-death-by-a-thousand-cuts dept.

wog777 writes "Researchers led by Mark Prausnitz of Georgia Institute of Technology reported their research on microneedles in Sunday's edition of Nature Medicine. A microneedle contains needles so small you don't even feel them. Attached to a patch like a Band-Aid, the little needles barely penetrate the skin before they dissolve and release their vaccine."

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  1. Re:Does it work in reverse? by virgilcaine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're on the right track

  2. Paranoid Much by WED+Fan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ah, someone who listens to Alex Jones and buys his hats in the sandwich wrap aisle.

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  3. Slashdot by oldhack · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slashdot is turning into a twitter knockoff. How about creating a PR release section?

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