New research has identified the way nature creates its own plaster to try and prevent bacteria and other micro-organisms from penetrating open wounds. Scientists have found that a protein film forms ...
The active adhesive dressing (AAD) contracts when it heats up to body temperature, allowing it to accelerate the healing of open wounds on the skin. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University A new ...
His method: instead of lengthy and painstaking work in old-fashioned suturing and splinting (sewing up wounds and applying strips of wood in the bandage like stays in a corset), the wound is ...