Glue from snail and wound patch without stitches or staples

Medical glue is taken from the mucus produced by the snail into the same wound patches as the filling method.

According to NYP, scientists from Harvard University, USA, have created a synthetic medical glue with the same composition of Arion subfuscus slime secreted to protect the body. The team pressed the glue into patches and cut out many sizes. The process of using wound glue is the same as the filling method.

The glue from the mucus of the snail mimics the hole in the heart of the pig.(Photo: ER).

Researcher David Mooney, a member of the research team, said the glue could replace wound stitches or pins, not harming organs in the body. This saves treatment time, patients recover more quickly.

When conducting experiments on animal bodies, scientists have obtained positive results. Glue can patch a hole in a pig's heart and maintain this result even if the heart is inflated and breathed tens of thousands of times.

In another case, glue is used to paste a scratch in the rat liver and prevent the wound from bleeding. The effect is similarly assessed as a surgical tool commonly used in hemostatic activities.

"Glue creates three times stronger bonding with other medical super glue. Especially flexible adhesion on wet surfaces such as skin, cartilage, tissue and other organs," Mooney said.

This is not the first time scientists are inspired by nature to create medical glue. Four years ago, another team developed a glue from the boy's underwater adhesion properties. According to Professor Mooney, slime of slugs is more resilient and supple.