Clinical approval isn’t imminent, but an innovation from a team of researchers at McGill University could eventually allow women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to avoid the pain of hormone injections, while also increasing the chances of a successful procedure.
This promising avenue is a light-activated micro-needle patch. Say goodbye to daily injections before egg retrieval for women hoping to become pregnant with IVF. This step of the process is often stressful and painful for the woman.
Furthermore, IVF is often unsuccessful.Success rates hover around 30%, in part because injections must be administered at precise times each day.
“One of the problems for which in vitro fertilization frequently enough doesn’t work… is that it’s difficult to remember to inject yourself every day at a time, and if you make mistakes in the injection time, it risks compromising the treatment,” explains Marta Cerruti, a professor of materials engineering at McGill University and led author of the study published in the journal Small.
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