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Are Wea Re Injecting People With Lubricants?

Swedish steam was trying to make a hard, like bone like synthetic substance. They ended up with really soft, elastic, rubber like material that they were very surprised by. It's based on materials that we know are safe in the body and apparently can use it in solid or liquid form. The first use they were looking at was like to make cathetar tubes. And so then the frieze dried one is not about tires, but it's using tires to make rubber arrow jells.

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