Fig. 5: Biocompatibility assessment of the microneedles.

a Microscopy images of NIH/3T3 cells co-cultured with the microneedles for 24 h. b Quantitative evaluation of cell viability after 24-h co-culture. c Microscopy images of NIH/3T3 cells co-cultured with the microneedles for 72 h. d Quantitative evaluation of cell viability after 72-h co-culture. Data are presented with error bars as mean ± standard deviation (SD). n = 3 biological replicates. One-way ANOVA, ns no significant difference