Polymeric tissue adhesives provide versatile materials for wound management and are
widely used in a variety of medical settings ranging from minor to life-threatening tissue …

Each year millions of people sustain traumatic or surgical wounds, which require proper
closure. Conventional closure techniques, including suturing and stapling, have many …

Hydrogels that are mechanically tough and capable of strong underwater adhesion can lead
to a paradigm shift in the design of adhesives for a variety of biomedical applications. We …

Mussels are well-known for their extraordinary capacity to adhere onto different surfaces in
various hydrophillic conditions. Their unique adhesion ability under water or in wet …

Over the past two decades, many types of natural and synthetic polymer-based micro-and
nanocarriers, with exciting properties and applications, have been developed for application …

Bone is a highly responsive organ, which continuously adapts to the environment it is
subjected to in order to withstand metabolic demands. These events are difficult to study in …

Advances in meticulous dural closure technique remain a great challenge for watertight
dural closure in the aged society, because the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage after spinal …

If continuous prophylaxis is not feasible due to expense or lack of venous access, we must
aggressively treat major haemarthroses (including arthrocentesis) to prevent progression to …

The native cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) is enriched in sulfated glycosaminoglycans
with important roles in the signaling and phenotype of resident chondrocytes. Recapitulating …

In this study, transglutaminase-cross-linked hyaluronan (HA-TG) hydrogels are investigated
for their potential to treat cartilage lesions. We show the hydrogels fulfill key requirements …