Painless needles
Filed in archive Investigational on September 27, 2005
Pain free injections around the corner? Maybe:
Squeamish patients who cannot stand the sight of needles could be offered pain-free injections, thanks to the work of Cardiff scientists.
The new micro-needles are long enough to penetrate the skin but not to reach pain receptors.
They were designed to introduce a DNA vaccination directly into skin cells.
The new micro-needles are long enough to penetrate the skin but not to reach pain receptors.
They were designed to introduce a DNA vaccination directly into skin cells.
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Stef Levolger
(09/30/05 6:11am)
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Yet now years later those same patients realise that the needle doesn't hurt when they think rational, still they do not find it a pleasent experience to get a needle injected.
It will be interesting to see if this type of needle would suddenly remove the fear of needles completely for everyone, but I do think that for the later generation it will prevent a lot of fears from needles if it works out well.