Shellfish and inkjet printers may hold key to faster healing from surgeries
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 12:08
in Health & Medicine
Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, a team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has devised a new way of making medical adhesives that could replace traditional sutures and result in less scarring, faster recovery times and increased precision for exacting operations such as eye surgery.