Gel Plugs Blood Vessels to Stem Bleeding (1 of 8) (IMAGE)

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Gel Plugs Blood Vessels to Stem Bleeding (1 of 8)

Caption

A. Schematic of shear-thinning biomaterial (STB) fabrication. B. Proposed syringe-based delivery of STB (dark blue) from a catheter (light blue) into a blood vessel to occlude the vasculature and promote local thrombus formation at the exposed ends (yellow).

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

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