Researchers from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology have developed a method to introduce a bubble-shaped microstructure into the base of drug-loaded dissolving microneedles for use as a transdermal drug delivery system. The team’s work was published today in Scientific Reports.
Drug-loaded dissolving microneedles are made with water soluble polymers and are designed to overcome the barrier properties of the skin for transdermal delivery. The microneedle can painlessly pierce the skin’s protective stratum corneum, creating microchannels for the therapeutic to travel through. Once the drug passes through the barrier of skin, it can diffuse into the subcutaneous tissues.
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