WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – More than 230 million invasive surgeries are performed worldwide each year – and nearly all of those procedures create additional tissue damage from stitches and staples.

“We tested the adhesive in probably the most demanding and dynamic environment in the body—the heart—and found that it works. This is a very high bar,” said del Nido. “Something like this could ...

The ability of mussels to stubbornly bind themselves to underwater surfaces has intrigued scientists for years. If this ability could be recreated in the lab, it could lead to new adhesives for all ...

Tessica Brown, the Louisiana woman whose use of Gorilla Glue in her hair made national headlines, has undergone a surgical procedure in Beverly Hills to remove the offending gunk, according to reports ...

Repairing an injury to a blood vessel or an organ after traumatic internal injury, especially involving the lung, is typically done by sutures, stapling devices or electrocautery with specialized ...

Surgery can be risky business, especially when it comes to getting sealed back up. Stitches, staples, and sutures are all foreign materials that have problems of their own. MeTro is a new type of ...

Materials scientists have invented a new type of surgical glue that can help join blood vessels and close wounds faster and may also serve as a platform to deliver pain relief drugs. Materials ...

During surgery or traumatic injury, quickly stopping bleeding can save lives. Now, scientists have recruited an unlikely ally to that cause – snake venom, which forms the basis of a new “super glue” ...

You’re in the ER with appendicitis. Surgeons can remove your appendix through a few three-fourth-inch openings, but the bulky sutures and staples they use to close internal incisions are difficult and ...

Slugs secrete biological defensive mucus that has now inspired a new type of surgical glue, prepared by researchers. This “bio-glue” has three main properties, it can move with the body, it is ...

A study published recently in Biomaterials showcases a new development in biomaterials that could forever change the way we perform surgeries. The innovation is a surgical bio-glue that not only ...

Prior to the procedure, Tessica Brown was unable to take down her ponytail for a month Tessica Brown no longer has Gorilla Glue in her hair! According to several reports, the Louisiana woman — who ...