Cellulose Sutures Step Toward Clinic: Green Threads Promise to Mend, Then Melt Away (IMAGE)

Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts

Cellulose Sutures Step Toward Clinic: Green Threads Promise to Mend, Then Melt Away

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Nanofiber and oxidized derivatives hit 50 % strength loss within a week, meeting the global benchmark for absorbable stitches

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Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China

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