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To the point: Mini-needles may help smart bandages better heal wounds
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To the point: Mini-needles may help smart bandages better heal wounds

A new smart bandage design could eventually heal chronic wounds by getting under a patient’s skin — using an array of tiny needles to deliver therapeutic drugs directly to the still-living but damaged tissue. Developed at the University of Connecticut and University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the 3D-printed prototype consists of a polymer bandage equipped with millimeter-scale...