Slug slime inspires new kind of surgical glue

Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 14:02 in Health & Medicine

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have developed an experimental surgical glue inspired by the mucus secreted by slugs that could offer an alternative to sutures and staples for closing wounds.

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