HTTP:: Worms Inspire Bone Glue
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When surgeons in modern operating rooms are faced with shattered bones, they do not have too many repair options. The most widely used method of treating the damage is to attach the various fragments to each other using small screws, which are left there until most of the bone heals by itself. They are removed afterwards, but traces of their presence still linger. Now, investigators propose using an adhesive derived from sandcastle worms, which apparently has the ability to glue two fragments together as effective as the screws, Technology Review informs. According to the team that presented the idea at the latest annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), held in Washington DC, the new glue is strong enough to get the bone through the recovery period, and could thus become the surgeons' tool of choice in treating open fractures and shattered bones in the future. The challenge with similar compounds has thus far been the fact that it has proven to be immensely!
difficult to devise an adhesive that can stick bones and other wet materials, without it dissolving in the surrounding liquid. Researchers from the University of Utah, led by biomedical engineer Russell Stewart, the lead researcher on the new study, found their inspiration in the tiny sandcastle worms. The annelids construct their tunnels on the ocean floo...
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