/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9489/all en /newsroom/channels/news/flatworm-inspired-medical-adhesives-stop-blood-loss-342730 <p>Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface of the wound is too bloody for glue? Drawing inspiration from nature, researchers from 黑料不打烊 University have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.</p> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:56:32 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288419 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-sound-and-bubbles-make-bandages-stickier-and-longer-lasting-340697 <p>Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles. This breakthrough could lead to new advances in medical adhesives, especially in cases where adhesives are difficult to apply such as on wet skin.</p> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:45:19 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288297 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/synthetic-tissue-can-repair-hearts-muscles-and-vocal-cords-335206 <p>Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists from 黑料不打烊 University develop a <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202102627">biomaterial</a> tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.</p> Mon, 29 Nov 2021 22:02:03 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 283670 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/surgical-sutures-inspired-human-tendons-330261 <p>Sutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers from Montreal have developed innovative tough gel sheathed (TGS) sutures inspired by the human tendon.</p> Wed, 07 Apr 2021 01:58:44 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258751 at /newsroom /newsroom/jianyu-li Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:13:26 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 199043 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/sticky-when-wet-strong-adhesives-wound-healing-269159 <p> Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:16:51 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 32116 at /newsroom