Slug-inspired adhesive hydrogel, DenTAl, offers advanced oral wound repair, drug delivery, and sutureless healing for chronic ...

Scientists are exploring whether mistletoe could be used as a surgical glue. Researchers from the University of Essex have grown the festive plant in controlled laboratory conditions and are ...

Kerecis has launched SurgiClose Silicone, a product combining fish-skin graft with silicone backing to treat surgical and ...

Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a new type of surgical glue that can help join blood vessels and close wounds faster and may also ...

Tissue adhesive was associated with less surgical site infections than suture overall ... Previous studies have reported that TA shortens closure time and requires minimal wound care, however, no ...

Participants Adults undergoing abdominal surgery with a primary surgical wound. Interventions Participants were randomised to ‘simple dressing’, ‘glue-as-a-dressing’ or ‘no dressing’, and to the time ...

Scientists say that ‘despite its fame mistletoe is understudied and it could have a wide range of uses’ - Ben Hall/University of Essex/PA A strong glue made ... help heal wounds could soon ...

Kerecis, announced the availability of SurgiClose® Silicone, which combines a fish-skin graft and silicone backing for ...

Clinical introduction A healthy 17-year-old girl presents with a wound on her left medial thigh (figure 1). Two days earlier while applying acrylic nail tips, she spilled nail glue on her jeans in the ...

A mistletoe berry under a microscope, as scientists explore whether the plant could be used as a surgical glue (University of Essex/PA) Scientists are exploring whether mistletoe could be used as ...