BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Children born with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" must have shunts implanted to drain ... at the University at Buffalo has shown that using antimicrobial sutures to secure the ...

A baby needs sutures and fontanelles for brain growth and development. The sutures’ flexibility allows the skull’s bones to overlap during childbirth so the baby can pass through the birth ...

Neurocranium: The neurocranium is the portion of the skull that covers the brain. This is made up of bony plates with juncture points known as sutures. The sutures remain soft and flexible after ...

If only one suture closes too soon, your baby's brain may still develop normally, but their head may be oddly shaped. If more than one suture closes too soon, your baby's brain may not grow at the ...

Craniosynostosis is a birth defect in which one or more of the seams (sutures) in a baby’s skull close before the baby’s brain has fully formed. Normally, these sutures stay open until babies ...

In humans, osseous obliteration of the major cranial sutures is a normal but highly variable process, which occurs after the cessation of brain growth but often not before 20 years of age.

The bones are connected by soft, flexible tissue called sutures. Over the first 2 years of life, a baby’s brain grows rapidly. During this time, the cranial sutures allow the skull to expand ...

While they've been around for centuries in various forms and helped heal many a wound in the process, some scientists see a world of possibility when it comes to how sutures might help the human body.

A recent review published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts examines the state of cellulose-based sutures, focusing on materials, fabrication methods, and application performance.