Promoting Public Health: Sandcastle worm’s secrets could yield new medical adhesive

Promoting Public Health: Sandcastle worm’s secrets could yield new medical adhesive

vor 16 Jahren
Scientists have copied the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in an effort to develop a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents. Intro them
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vor 16 Jahren
Scientists have copied the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea
creature called the sandcastle worm in an effort to develop a
long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in
battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents.

Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod. Creative Commons licensed
audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu.
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