New Technology Could Replace Needles, Meaning People Will Never Need to Be Injected Again
7th March 2016
Scientists have made a dissolvable patch that can deliver vaccines — potentially eliminating the need for needles entirely.
The new vaccines are delivered simply by laying a tiny patch onto a person’s finger, before it dissolves into their skin. As such, it could vastly reduce the spread of diseases, by making the delivery of vaccines much more effective and cheap.
The new technology is made of a dissolvable material, meaning that when it is placed onto the skin it will dissolve straight away.