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Promoting Public Health: Sandcastle worm’s secrets could yield new medical adhesive
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2009-10-26 09:00:04
Description: Scientists have copied the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in an effort to develop a long-sought medical adhesive needed to repair bones shattered in battlefield injuries, car crashes and other accidents.

Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod. Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu.
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