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Bioinspired microneedle patch has more sticking power
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Bioinspired microneedle patch has more sticking power

By Ben Coxworth In nature, pest insects and other parasites latch onto their hosts by inserting backward-facing barbs into their tissue. 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...