Avoiding The Ouch. Scientists Are Working On Ways To Swap The Needle For A Pill

A team of researchers in Boston has developed an insulin-delivery system that injects the medicine directly into the stomach wall, which is painless.

A lot of vaccines and some medications need to be delivered by injection. Two groups of researchers are designing ways of delivering these medications by putting them in pill form.

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