An overview of microneedle applications, materials, and fabrication methods

ZF Rad, PD Prewett, GJ Davies - Beilstein journal of …, 2021 - beilstein-journals.org
Microneedle-based microdevices promise to expand the scope for delivery of vaccines and
therapeutic agents through the skin and withdrawing biofluids for point-of-care diagnostics …

Microneedle-mediated vaccination: innovation and translation

T Sheng, B Luo, W Zhang, X Ge, J Yu, Y Zhang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vaccine administration by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection is the most commonly
prescribed route for inoculation, however, it is often associated with some deficiencies such …

Recent advances of controlled drug delivery using microfluidic platforms

ST Sanjay, W Zhou, M Dou, H Tavakoli, L Ma… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conventional systematically-administered drugs distribute evenly throughout the body, get
degraded and excreted rapidly while crossing many biological barriers, leaving minimum …

Chemical strategies to boost cancer vaccines

WH Li, YM Li - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Personalized cancer vaccines (PCVs) are reinvigorating vaccine strategies in cancer
immunotherapy. In contrast to adoptive T-cell therapy and checkpoint blockade, the PCV …

Getting drugs across biological barriers

R Yang, T Wei, H Goldberg, W Wang… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The delivery of drugs to a target site frequently involves crossing biological barriers. The
degree and nature of the impediment to flux, as well as the potential approaches to …

Recent advances in wearable transdermal delivery systems

M Amjadi, S Sheykhansari, BJ Nelson… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable transdermal delivery systems have recently received tremendous attention due to
their noninvasive, convenient, and prolonged administration of pharmacological agents …

Microneedles for gene and drug delivery in skin cancer therapy

D Zhi, T Yang, T Zhang, M Yang, S Zhang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
The success of skin cancer treatment is severely limited in the route of administration
because most genes and drugs cannot break through the excellent stratum corneum (SC) …

Diverse lipid conjugates for functional extra-hepatic siRNA delivery in vivo

A Biscans, A Coles, R Haraszti… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapies are proving to be efficient for treating liver-
associated disorders. However, extra-hepatic delivery remains challenging, limiting …

Journey of siRNA: clinical developments and targeted delivery

RR Nikam, KR Gore - Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Since the evolutionary discovery of RNA interference and its utilization for gene knockdown
in mammalian cell, a remarkable progress has been achieved in small interfering RNA …

Transdermal drug delivery system: current status and clinical application of microneedles

Y Xue, C Chen, X Mi, R Tan, J Wang, S Wu… - ACS Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
As a new type of transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS), microneedles have garnered
significant attention for their noninvasiveness, portability, controllable drug administration …