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Checkup: What do smart sutures mean for the future of wound care?
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Air date: October 7, 2012
Host: Jeremy Shere, PhD
John Rogers, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shares the details behind the invention of sutures that boast new features which promote a speedy recovery, including sensors that detect heat, a sign of infection.
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- Learn more about this promising technology here.
