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(ISRAEL365 NEWS) -- The skin is one of the largest and most accessible organs in the human body, but penetrating its deep layers for medicinal and cosmetic treatments still eludes science.
Although there are some remedies — such as nicotine patches to stop smoking — administered through the skin, this method of treatment is rare since the particles that penetrate must be no larger than 100 nanometers (one-thousandth of a centimeter).
Creating effective tools using such tiny particles is a great challenge. Because the particles are so small and difficult to see, it is equally challenging to determine their exact location inside the body – information necessary to ensure that they reach the intended target tissue. Today such information is obtained through invasive, often painful, biopsies.
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