An interdisciplinary team of McGill researchers has developed an ultra-strong, environmentally friendly medical glue, or ...

But if it does work, then doctors will have one more tool to help patients heal, making some types of reconstruction, such as skin grafting, easier. "Sometimes the wound is so large… ...

Ordinarily in skin grafting surgery, a piece of healthy skin is attached over a wound site utilizing either sutures or staples – both often leave visible scars.

After the glue is squeezed directly onto the wound it quickly hardens, bonding strongly with both edges of the wound. The dried glue decomposes within a few weeks, so nothing has to be removed. The ...

Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures - there are a number of ways our skin can be broken. Most treatments for skin wounds involve simply placing a barrier over them (usually an ...

Last year, scientists developed a new "bio-glue" -- an experimental adhesive gel that is activated by a flash of light -- to rapidly glue a wound together.

The disease affects about 3 out of every 1 million people. It's caused by a flawed gene that renders the body unable to produce a particular collagen -- a "glue" between the skin layers that is ...

Last year, scientists developed a new “bio-glue” – an experimental adhesive gel that is activated by a flash of light – to rapidly glue a wound together.