Engineering a highly elastic human protein–based sealant for surgical applications
Abstract
A highly elastic and adhesive photocrosslinkable surgical sealant using a modified human protein controls liquid leakages without the need for suturing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 04, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1126/scitranslmed.aai7466
Entities
People
- Alexander Assmann
- Ali Khademhosseini
- Andrea Vegh
- Anthony S. Weiss
- Antonio D Lassaletta
- Bijan Dehghani
- Ehsan Shirzaei Sani
- George Cheng
- Guillermo U. Ruiz-esparza
- Nasim Annabi
- Sidhu Gangadharan
- Xichi Wang
- Yi-nan Zhang
Organizations
- American Heart Association
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard University
- King Abdulaziz University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- National Institutes of Health
- Northeastern University
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Düsseldorf
- University of Sydney