- Researchers made a needle-free spray device.
- The device pushes medicine through the skin.
- It can reach deep infected tissue.
- The spray gives strong antibiotics to wounds.
- This avoids putting drugs into the blood.
- That can reduce organ side effects.
- It may help hard-to-heal wounds.
- The team wants to treat resistant infections.
Difficult words
- device — tool or machine for a specific job
- infected — having germs or disease in a part of the body
- antibiotic — medicine that kills bacteria and treats infectionsantibiotics
- resistant — not easily killed or stopped by medicine
- side effect — an unwanted health problem from a medicineside effects
- organ — a part of the body with a job
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Discussion questions
- Would you try a needle-free spray?
- Do you know someone with a hard-to-heal wound?
- Are you worried about medicine side effects?
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