article-8:Repairing actively pumping heart tissue with mussel-inspired tissue adhesive

Némo Lemaire
03-15-2020
Credit: ScienceDirect
Credit: ScienceDirect

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Vocabulary

Words from the text Synonym/explanation in English Translation in French
Wind-swept Windy / Exposed to strong winds. Balayé par le vent
Wave-swept - / Exposed to strong waves. Balayé par les vagues
Stoically Unshakable / Without showing signs of fatigue or weakness. De manière stoique.
Jetty - / A wooden structure put ashore allowing people to access boats. Jetée
Firm Secure / Strongly fixed in place. Firme
Biocompatible Compatible (when use in a medical context) / That is compatible with the human body and, as such, does not harm it. Biocompatible
Congenital disorder Genetic disorder / An illness, present from birth, that prevent an organ from working as intended. Maladie congénitale
Hydrocolloid - / A substance that create a gel in the presence of water. Hydrocolloïde
Bursting strength - / The hydrostatic pressure needed to burst a paperboard sample when it is applied uniformly across its side. Résistance à l’éclatement

Analysis table

Researchers Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland : Kongchang Wei (Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles), Berna Senturk (Laboratory for Biointerfaces), Martin T. Matter (Laboratory for Particles-Biology Interactions), Xi WuInge (Institute for Mechanical Systems), K. Herrmann (Laboratory for Particles-Biology Interactions), Markus Rottmar (Laboratory for Biointerfaces), Claudio Toncelli (Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles)
Published in? ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ; under the name: “Mussel-Inspired Injectable Hydrogel Adhesive Formed under Mild Conditions Features Near-Native Tissue Properties” (11/25/19)
General topic? Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology have develloped a mussel-inspired adhesive that could be used to repair body tissue.
Procedure/what was examined? They equipped a gelatin biopolymers with chemical units (similar to the sea silk proteins found in mussel).
Conclusions/discovery? When the newly created gel comes in contact with a tissue, the structure of the protein cross-link with each other and establish a connection with the wound surfaces. Furthermore, this nature-inspired adhesive is capable of withstanding a pressure similar to human blood pressure.
Remaining questions? -

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Lemaire (2020, March 15). Biomimicry: article-8:Repairing actively pumping heart tissue with mussel-inspired tissue adhesive . Retrieved from https://nemlemaire.github.io/nemo-lemaire-blog/posts/2020-03-15-article-8/

BibTeX citation

@misc{lemaire2020article-8:repairing,
  author = {Lemaire, Némo},
  title = {Biomimicry: article-8:Repairing actively pumping heart tissue with mussel-inspired tissue adhesive },
  url = {https://nemlemaire.github.io/nemo-lemaire-blog/posts/2020-03-15-article-8/},
  year = {2020}
}