Silk Fibroin Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery: Where Do We Stand and How Far Can We Proceed?

• Main Authors: Zhenzhen Qi (Author), Zheng Yan (Author), Guohongfang Tan (Author), Tianshuo Jia (Author), Yiyu Geng (Author), Huiyan Shao (Author), Subhas C. Kundu (Author), Shenzhou Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Microneedles are a patient-friendly technique for delivering drugs to the site of action in place of traditional oral and injectable administration. Silk fibroin represents an interesting polymeric biomaterial because of its mechanical properties, thermal stability, biocompatibility and possibility...