Gel Plugs Blood Vessels to Stem Bleeding (3 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Gel Plugs Blood Vessels to Stem Bleeding (3 of 8)

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Micro-CT image of mouse after shear-thinning biomaterial (STB) injection (arrow indicates 6NC75 with Visipaque; artificially colored blue) showing the injected radiodense biomaterial stable in the femoral artery.

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Avery <i> et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2016)

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