Scientists have now copied that strategy, in a system that could someday replace painful hypodermic needles. Developed at New Jersey's Rutgers University, the new technology is a form of microneedle patch.  . Such patches generally consist of a small, flat square of...

Researchers at Qatar University, in collaboration with Imperial College London, Biostage, Inc. in the U.S., and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, have made progress developing living heart valves that can grow with the body and integrate with the patient’s...

Researchers from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece have developed a new method for patient-specific medical treatment, outlined in the recently published ‘ Development of Bio-Active Patches Based on Pectin for the Treatment of Ulcers and Wounds Using...