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Microneedle skin patch delivers fat-burning drug in mouse trial

September 15, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers have created a drug-filled microneedle skin patch that helps convert energy-storing fat, or white fat, into energy-burning fat, or brown fat – all the while boosting the body’s metabolism. The team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina reported that their patch could one day be used to burn […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Pharmaceuticals, Preclinical Trials, Research & Development Tagged With: columbiauniversity, University of North Carolina

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