High Performance Marine and Terrestrial Bioadhesives and the Biomedical Applications They Have Inspired.

ABSTRACT: This study has reviewed the naturally occurring bioadhesives produced in marine and freshwater aqueous environments and in the mucinous exudates of some terrestrial animals which have remarkable properties providing adhesion under difficult environmental conditions. These bioadhesives have inspired the development of medical bioadhesives with impressive properties that provide an effective alternative to suturing surgical wounds improving closure and healing of wounds in technically demanding tissues such as the heart, lung and soft tissues like the brain and intestinal mucosa. The Gecko has developed a dry-adhesive system of exceptional performance and has inspired the development of new generation re-usable tapes applicable to many medical procedures. The silk of spider webs has been equ

SUBMITTER: Melrose J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9783952 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature