In one episode of the TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Captain Jean-Luc Picard is stabbed in the chest but survives thanks to a device that stitches up wounds in his heart. Now, real ...

Stitches are the worst. They pop open. They leak. They can get infected, and even hurt sometimes. Doctors want to replace stitches for good, but the requirements for a new medical adhesive are steep.

A recent study offers a new solution for repairing the body’s most mechanically challenging wounds: glue them back together. The team, led by researchers from several Boston institutions, demonstrated ...

When you think of medical glue, chances are you picture a quick fix for small cuts. But scientists are taking the idea of glue far beyond first-aid kits. A new generation of bioadhesives—medical glues ...

If you’re experiencing a medical emergency, you need to go to a doctor, but there are items in your junk drawer that could help you on the way to the emergency room. Dr. Natalie Azar shares how ...

In hospitals all around the world, wounds are sealed every day with surgical adhesives rather than stitches. A new type of surgical adhesive is being developed by researchers that could be used in ...

Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures - there are a number of ways our skin can be broken. Most treatments for skin wounds involve simply placing a barrier over it (usually an ...

To describe a novel use of fibrin glue in managing leaking blebs and leaking wounds following trauma or surgery. We report eight patients, including three where intra-operative or immediate ...