{"id":218242,"date":"2017-07-04T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T15:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=218242"},"modified":"2017-07-04T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T15:52:07","slug":"painless-microneedle-patch-for-flu-vaccine-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/science\/218242-painless-microneedle-patch-for-flu-vaccine-developed.html","title":{"rendered":"Painless microneedle patch for flu vaccine developed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nibib.nih.gov\/news-events\/newsroom\/researchers-develop-microneedle-patch-flu-vaccination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>developed<\/strong><\/a> an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles.<\/p>\n<p>The patch can be used to deliver drugs or vaccines, and the patient feels no pain when the patch is applied.<\/p>\n<p>Biodegradable microneedles dissolve within minutes after insertion into the skin and give the patch the ability to carry a dry vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>This means pharmacies can store patches loaded with vaccines without the need for a refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>Studies found the patch is safe and effective at delivering flu vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AhSAQTVLkvQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/science\/217862-paracetamol-reduces-empathy-towards-the-pain-of-others.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Paracetamol reduces empathy towards the pain of others<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":218244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31750],"tags":[44292,44294,44290],"class_list":["post-218242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","tag-influenza","tag-microneedle-patch","tag-vaccination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218252,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218242\/revisions\/218252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}