/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10137/all en /newsroom/channels/news/new-light-triggered-microneedle-patch-could-make-ivf-hormone-delivery-painless-and-automated-370198 <p>A 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment and open new possibilities for other diseases that require frequent, time-sensitive injections.</p> <p>IVF patients must inject themselves with hormones daily at specific times in the weeks leading up to egg retrieval, a process that can be physically and emotionally taxing.</p> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:54:08 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 329964 at /newsroom