Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they develop

A biodegradable sticky gel patch containing the pigment from turmeric can cowl punctures in rodent lungs and ship regenerative molecules to assist heal wounds

By Carissa Wong

A sticky gel plaster containing the yellow pigment in turmeric can patch up punctured lungs in rats. It additionally appears to assist wounds heal when loaded up with sacs of organic molecules.

Biodegradable gel patches typically should be glued to the physique components they’re supposed to assist restore and might battle to observe the motion of organs like lungs as they inflate and deflate.

Now, Juliane Nguyen on the College of North Carolina at Chapel Hill …