SURGEONS could use laser-activated glue to attach skin grafts without the scarring and swelling that existing methods can cause.
Skin grafts are commonplace in cosmetic surgery, and for burns victims a successful graft can be a matter of life or death. For the new skin to survive, it is essential to quickly establish a strong bond with tissue at the wound site. Surgeons use stitches, staples or tissue glues to secure the graft. But the surgical threads and staples sometimes cause extensive scarring, and chemical glues can trigger inflammation.
Robert Redmond and his team of dermatologists at Harvard Medical School…
