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Microneedle, bio-microneedle and bio-inspired microneedle: A review

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A review of studies on the mechanics problems with respect to micro‐scale needles used for drug delivery and other targets and some bio‐microneedles and bio‐inspired MNs are introduced.
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This article is published in Journal of Controlled Release.The article was published on 2017-04-10 and is currently open access. It has received 242 citations till now.

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Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines

TL;DR: This Review investigates the integration of targeted drugs, in particular, kinase inhibitors, with targeted drug delivery systems and identifies opportunities for strategies to improve the therapeutic index of cancer drugs and, consequently, clinical outcomes.
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Transdermal drug delivery

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Bioinspired Adhesive Architectures: From Skin Patch to Integrated Bioelectronics.

TL;DR: Advances in designs of biologically inspired adhesive architectures are reviewed in terms of distinct structural properties, attachment mechanisms to biosurfaces by physical interactions, and noteworthy fabrication methods.
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Transdermal drug delivery

TL;DR: Third-generation delivery systems target their effects to skin's barrier layer of stratum corneum using microneedles, thermal ablation, microdermabrasion, electroporation and cavitational ultrasound for delivery of macromolecules and vaccines.
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Formulas for Stress and Strain

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose formulas for stress and strain in the form of formulas for strain and stress, which are derived from the formula for stress-and-stress and strain.
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Carbon Nanotubes in Biology and Medicine: In vitro and in vivo Detection, Imaging and Drug Delivery

TL;DR: Carbon nanotubes exhibit many unique intrinsic physical and chemical properties and have been intensively explored for biological and biomedical applications in the past few years as mentioned in this paper, and a comprehensive review of the main results from our and other groups in this field can be found in this paper.
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Microneedles for transdermal drug delivery.

TL;DR: Microneedles represent a promising technology to deliver therapeutic compounds into the skin for a range of possible applications and the ratio of microneedle fracture force to skin insertion force was found to be optimal for needles with small tip radius and large wall thickness.
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Microneedles for drug and vaccine delivery.

TL;DR: Building off a strong technology base and multiple demonstrations of successful drug delivery, microneedles are poised to advance further into clinical practice to enable better pharmaceutical therapies, vaccination and other applications.
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