/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8898/all en /newsroom/channels/news/flatworm-inspired-medical-adhesives-stop-blood-loss-342730 <p>Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface of the wound is too bloody for glue? Drawing inspiration from nature, researchers from UUÖ±²¥ have developed a medical adhesive that could save lives, modeled after structures found in marine animals like mussels and flatworms.</p> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:56:32 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288419 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-mussels-make-powerful-underwater-glue-333875 <p><i>The mussels’ beards (which cooks remove before preparing them) are made up of byssal threads and are used to help keep the mussels tethered in place. At the end of each thread is a disc-shaped plaque that acts as an underwater glue. The unusual qualities of the glue and the byssal threads have interested people since </i><i>ancient times, when the threads of certain species were </i><i>woven into luxurious berets, purses, gloves, and stockings. </i><i>M</i><i>ore recently, scientists have developed underwater adhesives and surgical glues inspired by byssal thread chemistry.</i></p> Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:12:22 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 278006 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/11-new-invasive-species-detected-canadian-ports-263408 <p>A mussel never reported in Canada was identified in the port of Montreal, a soft shell clam never seen in the Arctic was discovered in the Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, and a barnacle that was not thought to occur north of San Francisco was detected in Nanaimo, British Columbia. These are invasive species and researchers from UUÖ±²¥ detected 24 of these non-indigenous species across 16 major ports in Canada, including 11 that were identified in previously unreported locations. Their findings were published Biodiversity Research.</p> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:33:48 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26266 at /newsroom