Nanohealing Material Heads to Market (Near Instant Stoppage of Bleeding)

Technology Review ^ | 05/12/08 | Kevin Bullis

[Reaganesque]

Very cool! The nanotech revolution is underway. The stuff nanotech is producing and will produce in the near future is absolutely amazing. We live in interesting times.

[Red Badger]

I hope the military is getting in on this!!!...............

[Slapshot68]

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, folks.

Cheers!

[Reaganesque]

You can spray her on my wounds any day!

[CholeraJoe]

Sounds like it beats the crap out of bone wax and gelfoam.

[vollmond]

As long as it doesn’t clot the entire bloodstream ...

[CarrotAndStick]

Nanohealing substance stops bleeding in seconds, vampires protest

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted May 12th 2008 at 9:31AM

We may already have spray-on bandages, but Arch Therapeutics has developed a nanostructured substance that they say stops bleeding almost instantly. Originally developed at MIT, the material is awaiting FDA approval and could make its way into operating rooms soon. The liquid is made up of amino acids that form peptides and cluster into long fibers when exposed to salty environments, like, say, a whole bunch of blood. The material isn't terribly new -- it was originally discovered in the 90s, but only recently during an experiment did researchers realize that it would be great for blood control. Shortly thereafter, people saw dollar signs and Arch Therapeutics was founded.

[secret garden]

Cool stuff. This will be great in trauma and aneurysm, along with all kinds of OB applications.

[visualops]

[bill1952]

>As long as it doesn’t clot the entire bloodstream

Yeah, I wonder about that, as well.
Sounds like you could kill someone pretty fast if used incorrectly.
Would make an effective killer if it could be weaponized.

[unixfox]

Note to self: Start selling band-aid stocks short.

[Reaganesque]

Hi! This is your internal organs! We're not in right now so if you'll leave a message....

[Mr. Jazzy]

Ice 9 for blood?

(Too obscure?)

[this is my name not yours]

Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Should be less obscure.

[snarks_when_bored]

Will that stuff handle a bleedin’ idiot?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks gw. :’)

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[visualops]

LOL

That shot is from the Trek episode about Peptides. Data is having a rather nightmarish “dream”.

[AdmSmith]

Nice, but why nano? If this is nano then almost all chemistry is nano. It is a gimmick to attract capital.