Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human ...

One of the things that many people hate most about getting vaccinations and taking certain types of medication is needles. Any medication that has to be delivered intramuscular typically requires a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers in the Netherlands are developing "virtually painless" injections without needles in what they hope is a breakthrough ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...

In preclinical tests, the resistance-sensing injector allowed researchers to more safely and effectively deliver drugs to the body. (Courtesy: Nature Biomedical Engineering) Researchers at Harvard ...

The coming of winter means cooler temperatures, shorter days and flu shots. While no one looks forward to a vaccination, a study led by the University of California, Irvine, has found that either a ...

No one likes getting pricked with a needle, but new bio-inspired microneedle—featuring protruding barbs found in certain stinging creatures in the animal kingdom—could at least make the unpleasant ...