Look, ma, no stitches: 'Nanoglue' shuts wounds in seconds


  • Health
  • Thursday, 24 Apr 2014

Nanoparticles, nanomedicine, nanoglue techniques – sounds like science-fiction? Actually, it's science reality as regenerative medicine research makes another breakthrough.

French researchers have innovated a liquid solution of silica nanoparticles that ‘glues’ wounds shut in a matter of seconds and leaves no scars when it heals.

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