From goo to glue: slug slime inspires new wound-mending surgical adhesive, Medical research
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Last updated 03 Jul 2024
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Impressed by the sticky and elastic properties of slug mucus, researchers have developed tough, flexible glues that can even work on bloody, moving tissue
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From Goo To Glue: Slug Slime Inspires New Wound-mending
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Slug slime inspires new kind of surgical adhesive - Orlando Sentinel
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From goo to glue: slug slime inspires new wound-mending surgical adhesive, Medical research
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Comparative Animal Mucomics: Inspiration for Functional Materials from Ubiquitous and Understudied Biopolymers
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Here's how slug slime helped scientists develop medical super-glue for wounds – The Irish News
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Slug slime inspires a new type of surgical glue
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Could Slug Slimes Heal a Broken Heart? – InquiScitive
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Cure for 'Broken' Heart: Slug Prompts Scientists to Invent Bio Super-Glue - 28.07.2017, Sputnik International
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