Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Soft CLs That Repair Themselves? Yeap, Well Maybe

"At some point in the future, ripped contact lenses may heal themselves, thanks to a new stretchy material that behaves like Velcro at the molecular level, bioengineers reported today," notes MSNBC. "For now, the so-called self-healing hydrogel only works in highly acidic environments, such as our stomachs, where it can be used as a medical suture or a high-tech drug delivery device." Read more.

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