The study’s findings were published in the journal Science. Also read | Almeria vs Real Madrid, La Liga 2022-23 Free Online Live Streaming & Match Time in India: How to Watch Spanish La Liga Match Live TV Broadcast and IST Football Score Updates?. “Bandages, glues and stickers are common bioadhesives used at home or in clinics. However, they usually do not adhere well to wet skin. It is also difficult to control where they are applied and the strength and duration of the adhesion created,” says McGill University professor Jianyu Li, who led the research team of engineers, physicists, chemists and clinicians. “We were surprised to find that simply by playing with the intensity of the ultrasound, we can very precisely control the stickiness of adhesive bandages across multiple tissues,” says lead author Zhenwei Ma, a former student of Professor Li’s and now Killam’s postdoctoral fellow. University of British Columbia. Also read | AIIMS Recruitment 2022: Vacancies for 29 faculty posts notified at aiimsnagpur.edu.in? Check the details here. Bubbles caused by ultrasound control stickiness Working with physicists Outi Supponen and Claire Bourquard from the Institute of Fluid Dynamics at ETH Zurich, the team experimented with ultrasound-induced microbubbles to make adhesives stickier. “The ultrasound induces many microbubbles, which transiently push the adhesives into the skin for stronger bioadhesion,” says Professor Supponen. “We can even use theoretical modeling to estimate exactly where adhesion will occur.” Their study, published in the journal Science, shows that the adhesives are compatible with living tissue in rats. Adhesives can also be used to deliver drugs through the skin. “This paradigm-changing technology will have major implications for many branches of medicine,” says University of British Columbia professor Zu-hua Gao. “We are very excited to translate this technology for clinical applications in tissue repair, cancer therapy and precision medicine.” “By merging mechanics, materials and biomedical engineering, we envision the broad impact of our bioadhesive technology in wearable devices, wound management and regenerative medicine,” says Professor Li, who is also a Canada Research Fellow in Biomaterials and Musculoskeletal Health. (A I) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from the News Syndicate feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the body of content)
