
#691 Nature & The Brain - Dr. Jeff Karp
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Innovative Tissue Adhesives for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
The chapter delves into the challenges of developing tissue adhesives for pediatric cardiac surgery, particularly focusing on creating a surgical glue for babies with heart chamber defects. It highlights the collaboration between experts in the field to engineer a biodegradable, elastic, and strong adhesive inspired by natural organisms like slugs and worms. The chapter details the successful animal studies with the adhesive, its applications in sealing blood vessels, and its journey towards clinical trials for nerve reconstruction and hernia repair.
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