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New Technology Connects Severed Nerve Segments Using Mussel Adhesive Protein

POHANG, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that allows doctors to connect severed nerve ends together using mussel adhesive protein without the need to use suture threads. A joint research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology, Ewha Womans University and the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital [...]

Mussel Adhesive Strong Enough to Endure Heavy Waves Turns Out to Have Hemostatic Effect

DAEJEON, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has proved that a mussel-inspired adhesive material has a hemostatic effect. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) said that they had confirmed the hemostatic effect of an adhesive developed by replicating a mussel byssus in a study conducted with [...]