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Poly(vinyl alcohol) dissolving microneedles for transdermal semaglutide delivery and anti-obesity therapy in rats.

Article D Peer reviewed Preclinical

Key takeaways

Researchers made a patch with tiny needles to deliver a weight-loss drug through the skin. They tested it in rats, not people. This is a preclinical study, so it is not yet proven in humans.

Who did this work

Cheng X · Wang F · Liu H · Li F · Li T · Liu C

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Oct 21
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42906796/