While needle-based injections are the standard for most therapies, regular drug injections can often be painful and inconvenient. Microneedles—which are tiny, micron-sized needle systems—have emerged ...

When we think about threats to our health, we usually think of heart disease, cancer, or diabetes. Rarely does the average person think of hepatitis. And yet, viral hepatitis, especially hepatitis B ...

This approach could prove useful for delivering long-lasting contraceptives or other drugs that need to be given for extended periods of time. Because the drugs are dispersed in a suspension before ...

MIT engineers have devised a new way to deliver certain drugs in higher doses with less pain, by injecting them as a suspension of tiny crystals. Once under the skin, the crystals assemble into a drug ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have devised a new way to deliver certain drugs in higher doses with less pain, by injecting them as a suspension of tiny crystals. Once under the skin, the crystals ...