KTH, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: THE SYNTHETIC GEL REPLICATES THE SELF-HEALING FUNCTION OF MUCUS IN THE BODY: MUCIN MOLECULES TRAP VIRUS PARTICLES, SUCH AS HIV AND HERPES, WHICH ARE THEN CLEARED THROUGH MUCUS TURNOVER. CREDIT: COSMIN BUTNARASU Cow mucus provides the basis for a synthetic prophylactic gel developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology...
