A Diagram of Human Skin and Microneedles (IMAGE)

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A Diagram of Human Skin and Microneedles

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A study by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico uses tiny microneedles that sip fluid in the middle layer of skin between the layer of dead skin cells and above where veins and nerves reside. Therefore, they're far less painful than traditional hypodermic needles.

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Sandia National Laboratories

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