Breaking Barriers: Microneedles in Therapeutics and Diagnostics
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microneedle; nanomedicine; biotherapeutics; preclinical and analytical development; advance biophysical characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue welcomes contributions that highlight recent advances in microneedle design, fabrication, and application, with a focus on platforms that enable the precise, targeted, and painless delivery of small molecules, biologics, and vaccines. We welcome original research and reviews covering solid, coated, dissolving, and hollow microneedles and hybrid systems that integrate sensing, controlled release, or smart feedback features.
In addition, this Special Issue aims to explore challenges in clinical translation, including regulatory hurdles, manufacturing scalability, and stability concerns. We particularly seek papers that cover topics such as transdermal delivery enhancements (e.g., heat, ultrasound), skin interface optimization, and diagnostic sampling using microneedles.
By uniting themes of precision, innovation, and patient-centric design, this Special Issue aims to capture the current momentum in microneedle research and demonstrate how these tiny tools are breaking barriers in both therapeutic and diagnostic landscapes—transforming the future of personalized medicine, painless treatment, and on-skin technology.
Dr. Satish Rojekar
Guest Editor
Dr. Harsha Jain
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- microneedles
- transdermal
- biologics
- vaccines
- diagnostics
- small molecule
- fabrication
- personalized
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