Paging Dr. "Bones" McCoy: Needle-Free Injections With Lasers

This is going to be fascinating news for those of you out there with trypanophobia--fear of hypodermic needles. Pantech Biosolutions has just been given approval for its painless drug delivery system that uses frickin' laser beams.

Painless alternatives to the traditional needle have been pursued for years, including all sorts of notions like frozen needle tips and micro-needle drug "patches." But this new solution uses an approach that the company says has "dramatically increased drug...