All Surgery articles
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BusinessSilky smooth tissue regeneration
Serigen mediproducts is harnessing one of India’s biggest industries to help heal wounds and rebuild flesh and bone
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ResearchLinking chemistry with surgery to detect cancerous cells in situ
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin explains how her team has developed a hand-held device for surgeons that analyses tissue samples on a mass spectrometer mid-operation
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ResearchMass spectrometry and augmented reality guide tumour removal in real time
Colour pixels help surgeons differentiate between cancerous and healthy tissue
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BusinessTissue scaffolds from resin inks
4D Medicine’s biodegradable polymer inks can be 3D-printed into useful biomedical applications
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PodcastBoric acid
Mike Freemantle revisits battlefield surgery to investigate boric acid, a key part of Dakin's antiseptic solution used extensively in the first world war
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PodcastCyclopropane
Chemistry’s tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
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ResearchDeep tissue penetration allows fluorophore to guide tumour surgery
Bioimaging probe excited by longer wavelengths of light but doesn’t suffer from long-term retention in the immune system
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ResearchReverse liquid sieve lets only large particles pass
Soap film that retains smaller particles while letting bigger ones through could be useful in open surgery or water-free toilets
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ResearchSticky solution for surgery takes inspiration from slug slime
Adhesive held strong on a beating rat heart and glued a liver back together
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FeatureJoining the injured
Andy Extance discovers how new medical adhesives are overcoming the difficulties bodily fluids cause conventional polymers
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ResearchDissolving electrodes could ease pain of epilepsy surgery
Electronics could identify areas of brain for treatment and then melt away after use with no need for surgical removal
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Business
US approves internal tissue glue
Urethane-based TissuGlu aids healing after abdominal surgery