A Vaccine Patch Could Someday Be An Ouchless Option

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Mark Prausnitz, Georgia Tech Regents professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, holds a vaccine patch containing microneedles that dissolve into the skin.

Scientists around the world are working on a way to inject vaccines painlessly. The trick is to make the needles so small. they don't interact with the nerve endings that signal pain.

(Image credit: Christopher Moore/Georgia Tech)

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