Open AccessThe Sticking Point
Author(s) -
Elie Dolgin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nature medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.536
H-Index - 547
eISSN - 1546-170X
pISSN - 1078-8956
DOI - 10.1038/nm0213-124
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , simple (philosophy) , point (geometry) , computer science , forensic engineering , medicine , engineering , philosophy , mathematics , political science , epistemology , law , geometry
Stitches offer a suitable means of sealing up simple wounds. But when it comes to suturing tissues inside the body, the existing methods for closing wounds fall short. Elie Dolgin meets scientists taking inspiration from nature to develop the next generation of surgical adhesives.
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