Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 09:39 in Health & Medicine

Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, scientists have 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.

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