Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed the patch, which was made to fight melanoma, a deadly but highly treatable form of skin cancer.
An experimental patch designed to deliver cancer medications through the skin showed promise in mice and human skin samples, according to new research.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed the patch to fight melanoma, a deadly but highly treatable form of skin cancer. The patch is less than a centimeter long and coated with a sticky film, which allows it to be applied and removed from the skin in a minute. "Our patch technology could be used to deliver vaccines to combat different infectious diseases," Dr. Paula Hammond, the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT and lead author in the study, said in a statement. "But we are excited by the possibility that the patch is another tool in the oncologists' arsenal against cancer, specifically melanoma."
Melanoma can be caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun or other sources such as indoor tanning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 100,000 new cases of melanoma are diagnosed every year, and 20 Americans die each day from it, according to theThe patch is fitted with microneedles, made through a process that scientists call layer-by-layer coating.
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