Vaccine Patch Removes Needle Pain 250
wog777 writes "Researchers led by Mark Prausnitz of Georgia Institute of Technology reported their research on microneedles in Sunday's edition of Nature Medicine. A microneedle contains needles so small you don't even feel them. Attached to a patch like a Band-Aid, the little needles barely penetrate the skin before they dissolve and release their vaccine."
There's other uses too (Score:2, Funny)
A citizen needs some calibration? Don't worry, he wont even feel the needle shot!
Re:...and pediatricians and family docs rejoice! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does it work in reverse? (Score:5, Funny)
Unless it's administered by microneedle.
Gee, thanks. (Score:5, Funny)
So now when the kids misbehave I won't be able to threaten them with shots from the doctor. Takes the fun right out of parenting...
lulz (Score:3, Funny)
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Needle pain? (Score:1, Funny)
Just ask the nurse to inject you some analgesic at the vaccination point first.
The Horror! (Score:5, Funny)
"Wait, what is this, why did you have a band aid in your hand?" *passes out*
"The pwning has just begun, Billy Lumpkins. I'll teach you to troll the warlock forum."
Re:...and pediatricians and family docs rejoice! (Score:5, Funny)
Putting the "sensual" back in "non-consensual" :)
Re:Some details from the article... (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot has eaten my unicode. All those "m"s should be micrometers.
Is this available with caffeine!? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Is this available with caffeine!? (Score:5, Funny)
There's nothing a double hit, if you know what I mean.
You mean you accidentally the decaf?
Re:Does it work in reverse? (Score:5, Funny)
I've removed splinters as well. Of course, I didn't use an anesthetic because I'm not a doctor.
Re:There's other uses too (Score:5, Funny)
has anybody else ever wondered what would happen if one were to crop-dust a heavily populated area with a suitably light-stabilized LSD solution? Or distributed a genetically engineered virus through the ventilation system of the DEA headquarters that spliced in the necessary DNA sequences to make those exposed capable of synthesizing endogenous THC?
You, sir, have just posted your way in a very exclusive database somewhere deep in the basement of the Department of Homeland security.
Re:Genius (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah... that and a 6'3 415lb body builder with wild eyes being held down by 6 people to have blood drawn with a needle.
Do your wild eyes make it harder to hold you down? How wild are they? I mean, do they hunt for their own food? Do they eat things raw? While still kicking and screaming?
Re:Some details from the article... (Score:2, Funny)
I guess this is what happens when Americans attempt to use the metric system...
Re:There's other uses too (Score:3, Funny)
for instance, has anybody else ever wondered what would happen if one were to crop-dust a heavily populated area with a suitably light-stabilized LSD solution?
Things would get very groovy very quickly. George Clinton would be elected President. Your funk of choice would be the P-Funk.
Re:Does it work in reverse? (Score:5, Funny)
I've put splinters in. Without anesthetic, because I am a warrior.
Re:There's other uses too (Score:2, Funny)
You, sir, have just posted your way in a very exclusive database somewhere deep in the basement of the Department of Homeland security.
As your post contained that same data, you my find your was to the same database. Just to ensure national security I'm sure someone at DHS is recording every IP that viewed the dangerous information and is preparing a round of illegal wiretaps. Hey look a black helicopter, what's with this strange red dot?
Re:Some details from the article... (Score:3, Funny)
I kid you not, I was in a in Germany store about 2 months ago, there was a bunch of tourists, a couple came to a meat counter and the guy said: "I would like 100 kilograms" of some sausage. The woman at the counter looked funny at him and I intervened knowing how punctual the Germans sometimes are.