Microneedle Technology: Advances and Biomedical Applications

Microneedle Technology: Advances and Biomedical Applications provides a detailed overview of advances in microneedle structure, materials, fabrication, along with strategies to improve efficient drug delivery. In addition, the book focuses on the application of microneedles for the treatment of diverse diseases, including diabetes, tumors, infectious disease, inflammatory diseases, skin infections, and wound healings. The book also summarizes the application of microneedles for cosmetic purposes and biological monitoring and diagnosis.

• Provides an overview of microneedles and their design and operation
• Includes an analysis of detailed strategies that can be used to improve the key properties of microneedles, such as mechanical strength and drug delivery efficiency
• Covers the broad application of microneedles in a variety of diseases (e.g., metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, tumors) and medical cosmetics
• Discusses the combination of microneedles with advanced technologies such as biosensing and medical devices, thereby showing how to achieve personalized precision medicine

Chuanbin Wu is a Professor in Pharmaceutics at Jinan University. He was elected as an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist Fellow (AAPS) in 2019 and the Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow (RSC Fellow) in 2023. Dr. Wu’s research interest focuses on novel pharmaceutical technology. Professor Wu has over ten years of industrial experience in the USA, including working for Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Actavis, and Watson Nutriceuticals

Xin Pan is a Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sun Yat-sen University. Professor Pan received her Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 2011. Dr. Pan is a visiting scholar at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. She has been awarded the Major Young Talent Program of the Ministry of Education and Outstanding Young Talent Program of Guangdong Province. Her main research interests are novel pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems

Tingting Peng received a Ph.D. degree (2019) from Sun Yat-Sen University and joined the college of Pharmacy, Jinan University as an associate professor in 2019. Her main research interests include microneedle transdermal delivery, solid sustained and controlled delivery system, and micro-nanoparticulate delivery systems

Guilan Quan received a PhD degree from Sun Yat-Sen University, majoring in Pharmaceutics. Dr Quan is currently an Associate Professor of the College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China, with research interests on: novel pharmaceutical technology, especially on dissolving microneedles for transdermal drug delivery and porous materials for drug delivery