‘Smart’ sutures: old

Someday surgeons might use suture equipped with therapeutic drugs. Credit: Getty

Newly designed sutures not only stitch together a wound, but also sense inflammation and deliver therapeutic drugs1.

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Nature 617, 654 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01591-z

Lee, J. S. et al. Matter https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.04.015 (2023).

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