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Tiny needle targets drugs to back of eyes

Posted by Bharat (#1) 4347 days ago (Editorial)
Microneedles less than one millimeter long may offer a better way to treat diseases like macular degeneration by delivering drugs directly to the back of the eye.For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that needles can deliver drug molecules and particles to the eye in an animal model, an important finding as the population ages and develops more eye-related illnesses—and as pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs that can only be administered by injection with a hypodermic needle.. To see more details visit,www.futurity.org

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