Scientists create gecko-inspired bandage

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This foot of a Tokay gecko shows its adhesive pads. The gecko whose feet enable it to cling tightly while upside down or on vertical surfaces helped inspire a new medical bandage created by an MIT-led research team. Photo David Clements via Wikimedi ...
This foot of a Tokay gecko shows its adhesive pads. The gecko, whose feet enable it to cling tightly while upside down or on vertical surfaces, helped inspire a new medical bandage created by an MIT-led research team. Photo / David Clements, via Wikimedia

MIT researchers and colleagues have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuries.


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