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A patch containing 36 dissolving microneedles is shown on a fingertip. The microneedles dissolve within minutes after insertion into skin to release encapsulated drug or vaccine. Each microneedle is 900-μm tall. (Image courtesy of Jeong-Woo Lee, Laboratory for Drug Delivery, Georgia Institute of Technology.)
