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In medical dramas, surgeries end with a shot of tying off the suture. It is not as simple as thinking the biggest hurdles are cleared after removing the lesion and reconnecting blood vessels or nerves ...

Researchers have used a new biodegradable material to make surgical sutures that knot and tighten themselves as they warm to body temperature. The new material could help surgeons working in tight ...

A new biodegradable plastic could be used for medical applications such as a suture that ties its own knot, according to its inventors. The researchers say the new plastic could be engineered to be ...

Researchers have unearthed a robust physics-based mechanism that dictates the sliding strength, or resistance to slippage, of the most common type of surgical knot. In particular, they have found that ...

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