One study estimates the overall prevalence of rashes from surgical glue to be around 2.8%. Surgeons often use these adhesives ...

Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering David Mooney, Ph.D., demonstrated that their “Dural Tough Adhesive” (DTA) performed better than currently used surgical sealants in tests. The ...

Prof. Jia-Lin Wu's research team from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan, has developed an advanced biodegradable tissue ...

The combo didn’t come out of nowhere. To strengthen their glue, mussels use two chemical groups, called catechols and thiols, which cross-link like the hooks and loops of Velcro. Thiols are also ...

But what if we had a glue that we could use to bond things to our own human ... “raising the possibility of developing biocompatible surgical adhesives and antifouling gel coatings.” ...

The innovative surgical protein glue not only closes an open wound on ... by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.

If you are making something, you probably need to stick stuff together. Chances are, you will use an adhesive or glue of some type. Humans have been using glue for thousands of years, going back to ...