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Smart Sutures Sense Inflammation, Deliver Drugs, Cells
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Smart Sutures Sense Inflammation, Deliver Drugs, Cells

MAY 30TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS  GI, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, SURGERY Researchers at MIT have developed smart sutures with a hydrogel coating that contains sensing and drug delivery components, and could even be used to implant therapeutic cells. The sutures are made using pig tissues that have been decellularized with detergents to reduce the possibility that they could provoke...