There’s a cool article in this month’s Discover Magazine on nanoliquid developed at MIT. According to the article, “The liquid is a solution of small protein pieces that assemble into nanoscale fibers on contact, creating a gel that stops the flow of blood without clotting or pressure. As the wound heals, the gel breaks down into amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—that can be taken up by nearby cells and used for tissue repair.”
This has huge implications for surgical procedures, not to mention the occasional bike scrape.
Nanoliquids — the Band-Aids of the future