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28 February 2019
Winter 2019

What's happening in the world of technology.

MICRONEEDLE EYE PATCH TO TREAT AMD

Scientists have developed an eye patch that uses detachable, biodegradable microneedles to deliver ocular drugs. 

Tests on mice with induced corneal neovascularisation showed that a single application of the patch was 90 per cent more effective in alleviating the condition than applying a single eye drop with 10 times more drug content. 

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