Is Gecko's Bio-inspired Glue going to revolutionize Heart Surgery and Tissue Repair?

Imagine you could use a glue to fix a hole or week zone inside your body. Sound promising? Definitely.

Animal goo inspires better glue

MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage, MIT News

Frontiers Using extracellular matrix as the bio-glue for wound repair in the surgery

Bio-based and bio-inspired adhesives from animals and plants for biomedical applications - ScienceDirect

Design by Gecko, Plus Glue by Mussel, Yields a Powerful Adhesive - The New York Times

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Gecko Biomedical's adhesive performs in the heart's lub-dub - BusinessToday - Issue Date: Jun 22, 2014

Mechanisms and applications of bioinspired underwater/wet adhesives - Cai - 2021 - Journal of Polymer Science - Wiley Online Library

Recent progress in surgical adhesives for biomedical applications - ScienceDirect

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A biodegradable and biocompatible gecko-inspired tissue adhesive