School — McKelvey Engineering

No more needles?

WashU Office of Public Affairs •
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)
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Nearly pain-free microneedle patch can test for antibodies and more in the fluid between cells

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