{"56447":{"#nid":"56447","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Prausnitz Team\\\u0027s Microneedle Research Featured on CNN","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMicroneedles May Be More Effective than Traditional Shots\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCNN\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u0027s enough to make a kid scream.  A shot can be an unpleasant experience for anyone, no matter the age.  Funding by government flu grants, researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University in Atlanta developed a solution - needles so small, you can\u0027t feel them.  It\u0027s as long as one or a few hairs are thick, said Georgia Tech researcher, Mark Prausnitz.  They\u0027re called microneedles, so tiny they only go part of the way through the skin, just deep enough to work but not enough to hit nerves and actually hurt.  Research shows microneedles might be more effective than traditional shots, and perhaps the biggest advantage, they\u0027re so simple, people can vaccinate themselves. If all goes well, researchers say in five years, microneedles could make doctors\u0027 visits a little more pain-free.  Brooke Baldwin, CNN, Atlanta.  To view the segment, go to following link to open file: \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/web11.mediavsn.com\/UserSavedClips\/6ab9cff0-ed16-4f17-8870-cb66dff64927.asx\u0027\u003ECNN Video\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view Georgia Tech article:  \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?id=2863\u0027\u003EFlu Vaccine Given In Microneedle Patches\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Prausnitz Team\u0027s Microneedle Research Featured on CNN","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prausnitz Team\u0027s Microneedle Research Featured on CNN"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2009-06-01 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:11","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-05-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"496","name":"CNN"},{"id":"498","name":"Flu Vaccine"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"495","name":"Mark Prausnitz"},{"id":"494","name":"Microneedle"},{"id":"497","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cmitchell6\u0022\u003EContact Colly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5982\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}