On quills and needles: Prickly porcupine is a muse for future medical devices

Monday, December 10, 2012 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have uncovered how North American porcupine quills easily penetrate tissues and why, once lodged in flesh, they are often difficult to remove.

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