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Tiny biodegradable particles poke openings in skin to boost topical drug delivery

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Tiny biodegradable particles poke openings in skin to boost topical drug delivery
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Skin is remarkably good at keeping things out of the body. Typically, that's a positive. It becomes an issue when medicine needs to get in. Swallow a pill to treat a skin condition, and the medicine enters your stomach, moves into your bloodstream and travels throughout your body—all to reach a problem in your skin.

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