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Submission + - Mussel Glue Could Help Repair Birth Defects (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit on Sunday February 17, 2013 @04:19PM

sciencehabit writes: When it comes to hanging on tight, the lowly mussel has few rivals in nature. Researchers have sought the secrets behind the bivalve's steadfast grip on wet, slippery rock. Now, a researcher says he has used the mollusk’s tricks to develop medical applications. These include a biocompatible glue that could one day seal fetal membranes, allowing prenatal surgeons to repair birth defects without triggering dangerous premature labor.

Comment Consider the Source and Read the Guidelines (Score 3, Interesting) 493

by trburkholder on Thursday March 17, 2011 @08:19AM (#35514794) Attached to: US Ed Dept Demanding Principals Censor More

Oh for crying out loud. This is what passes for news at lame wannabe Tucker Carlson's attempt to mimic Politico? The guidance letter was published in October 2010 and you can read it here: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201010.html

Comment Re:So Trek's closing-wounds-with-beams thing is re (Score 5, Informative) 151

by trburkholder on Thursday November 27, 2008 @07:50AM (#25907767) Attached to: Surgeons Weld Wounds Shut With Surgical Laser

From TFA:

"All a surgeon has to do is move the pen's tip along the cut, strengthening and sealing the weld with a solder of water-soluble protein."

It looks a lot like very controlled cooking and I suspect the protein used to connect the tissue denatures in the process. It's not welding, it's hot-melt glue.

Still very cool.

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