Every year, more than 15 million cosmetic procedures are done in the U.S. and people are always looking for the next best treatment. The latest is actually a new twist on an old controversial ...

Soon, your health may hang by a thread. Surgeons could one day suture wounds and incisions with thread now in development that integrates wireless diagnostic sensors. In Microsystems & Nanoengineering ...

WASHINGTON -- By inserting a "memory" into a plastic material, researchers say they have created a surgical thread that can tie itself into a knot. The same substance may also be used for medical ...

BOSTON, July 18 (UPI) --The next time you have surgery, you may get sewn up with "smart" stitches. Researchers at Tufts University have developed a new type of surgical thread capable of gathering ...

Biomedical engineering students have demonstrated a practical way to embed a patient's adult stem cells in the surgical thread used to repair serious orthopedic injuries such as ruptured tendons. The ...

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