There are bandages that turn green in the presence of infection. Then, there are special dressings that can plug gunshot wounds in under 15 seconds. As part of a new research, recently published in the Journal of Controlled Release, scientists from Northwestern University have developed an innovative bandage that attracts stem cells, in order to…
Who knew that a substance, so minute as to be completely invisible to the human eye, could solve half of the world's problems? From being hailed as the world's strongest material to being a game-changer in the fields of medicine, electronics and energy development, graphene still continues its glorious career as a wonder material. What…
The unfortunate cases of people damaging their ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) is pretty common in the realm of knee injuries, with over 100,000 ACL tears occurring in USA alone, every year. In case you are wondering, this ligament connects the femur with the tibia, and as such, most contemporary methods of rectifying the tear pertains…