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MIT Engineers Developed Sticky Medical Dressing that Works Like a Surgical Duct Tape to Seal Internal WoundsInternal wounds are tricky business, especially when they involve gastrointestinal injuries and carry the risk of leaking gut bacteria to other tissues in the body.Xuanhe Zhao and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a dressing that solves this issue. This special dressing is degradable, transparent and acts like a duct tape. It is sticky on one side and forms a flexible hydrogel that molds onto the shape of the wound and helps it heal. It is essentially an adhesive wound dressing that works well in the wet environment of the internal body.The dressing has proven to help gut wounds heal faster and better in rats and pigs. Zhao and colleagues published their findings inScience Translational Medicine. They hope to develop a similar dressing for use in humans via their newfound company SanaHeal.#InternalWounds #DuctTape #Medicine #MedicalDressing #surgery

High School Students Designed a Duct Tape Dispenser for the International Space StationNASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station used to need scissors to tear a strip of duct tape (in a pinch, they use their teeth to tear a piece) but thanks to high school students, they now have something much better: a duct tape dispenser specially with connector that can be mounted on the walls of the space station.Mike Hopkins of the Crew-1 SpaceX Crew Dragon explained, "This tape dispenser I think is going to find a lot of use here on the International Space Station. One of the key things I like about it is you can basically operate it with one hand. Up here, you often times are using your other hand to stabilize yourself."The duct tape dispenser was created through HUNCH or High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware, a nationwide program that lets thousands of high school students design and build equipment for NASA's space programs. Now in their 18th year, HUNCH has created storage locker, galley table, sleeping bag liner, handrail, and hygiene kit. They've also created various culinary items for the astronauts to eat.