As if heart surgery isn't a big enough deal on its own, performing it on very young patients can bring added risk -- namely, the necessity of multiple surgeries to replace nondegradable surgical ...

Scientists at Zhejiang University in China have developed a new high-tech glue that’s capable of efficiently healing damage to organs, including the heart. While it hasn’t been tested on humans, the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A new device uses a catheter and two balloons to deliver a UV light ...

Inspired by nature, medical scientists have developed a flexible and biocompatible light-activated glue that works on wet tissue. And remarkably, it’s as strong as traditional sutures. The beating ...

Named CaproGlu, it is activated by a low dose of ultraviolet (UV) light that cures it in seconds, turning it from a liquid glue into a solid but flexible biorubber - a biocompatible material that can ...

High speed dielectric cure monitoring (DEA) has the singular capacity to assess cure in real-time under real process conditions. Such monitoring is beneficial for the study of materials that ...

A pair of balloons and some glue can do the work of surgical stitches. Stitches — the wound closure method of choice for millennia — can be tricky to use in tight places. So Harvard University ...

A perforated organ doesn’t sound good, and it’s really, really not. If you’ve got a hole in one of your internal organs, you need it sealed quick. But until now, the only way to do that was to open ...