The baroreceptor-inspired MN skin patch. (A) Device. (B) Anode MN structure. (C) Device under stretching (scale bar: 1 cm). (D) Pressing-controlled release using the device (red bar is the ...

Melanoma testing could one day be done at home with a skin patch and test strip with two lines, similar to COVID-19 home ...

"In vitro, the engineered MNAs [microneedle arrays] reduced clotting time from 11.5 minutes to 1.3 minutes; and in a rat liver bleeding model, they reduced bleeding by more than 90%," said Sheikhi.

A rapid and reliable skin-patch test can now detect the COVID-19 virus, ... Porous microneedle and immunochromatographic assay ... used to model human skin.

When the patch is pressed against the body, the needles painlessly penetrate the top layer of the skin. They then harmlessly dissolve and release their pharmaceutical payload into the body.

Skin biopsies could be a thing of the past thanks to the development of a new non-invasive microneedle patch to pre-screen for skin cancer. Dermr Health Solutions Pty Ltd. founder and CEO Stefan Mazy ...

A microneedle patch could reduce wrinkles Shutterstock/DUANGJAN J Using mRNA to direct the body to make more collagen – the most abundant protein in skin – reduces wrinkles in mice.

Microneedle patches, on the other hand, are not her favorite. “I don’t recommend microneedle pimple patches,” she added, citing concerns over potential skin irritation and limited effectiveness.

Melanoma skin cancer treatments currently range from surgery to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but biomedical engineering researchers are developing a new method that uses microneedle patches ...

These single-use microneedle tattoo patches work for both color images and for markings visible only with ultraviolet illumination, according to a study published September 14 in iScience.