Figure 1. An efficient and painless method for administering protein-based drugs. (IMAGE)

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Figure 1. An efficient and painless method for administering protein-based drugs.

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(Left) Schematic illustration depicting the developed microneedles, which absorb the interstitial fluid beneath the skin and release the pre-loaded drug. (Right) Side-view image of a microneedle loaded with rhodamine B (pink dye), which diffuses after piercing a porcine skin sample; the yellow dot lines indicate where the needles pierced the skin.

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Kazuaki Matsumura from JAIST.

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