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ABSORBABLE ‘BANDAGE’ COMBINES CRAB SHELL STUFF AND NANOTECH

A new bioabsorbable wound dressing builds on the proven blood-flow-stanching properties of chitosan. The new work harnesses the combined power of organic nanomaterials-based chemistry and chitosan, a natural product found in crustacean exoskeletons, to help bring emergency medicine one step closer to a viable solution for mitigating blood loss. Hemorrhage is a leading cause of...