/newsroom/taxonomy/term/15977/all en /newsroom/channels/news/using-sound-and-bubbles-make-bandages-stickier-and-longer-lasting-340697 <p>Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles. This breakthrough could lead to new advances in medical adhesives, especially in cases where adhesives are difficult to apply such as on wet skin.</p> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:45:19 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288297 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/surgical-sutures-inspired-human-tendons-330261 <p>Sutures are used to close wounds and speed up the natural healing process, but they can also complicate matters by causing damage to soft tissues with their stiff fibers. To remedy the problem, researchers from Montreal have developed innovative tough gel sheathed (TGS) sutures inspired by the human tendon.</p> Wed, 07 Apr 2021 01:58:44 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258751 at /newsroom