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No more Needles for Diagnostic Tests?

Engineers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest from interstitial fluid and, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, allow clinicians to detect its presence.(Image: Sisi Cao)

Nearly pain-free microneedle patch can test for antibodies and more in the fluid between cells. Medical researchers have developed a biosensing microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest and, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, allow clinicians to detect its presence.

Blood draws are no fun. They hurt. Veins can burst, or even roll — like they’re trying to avoid the needle, too...

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