Posted on Nov 15, 2023
Glass in a wound? Missouri S&T scientist will study how the material helps patients heal
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..."The glass could be used by the military, he said. Many preventable deaths in modern wars are due to severe blood loss, and a powdered clotting agent can be easier to use than clamps or tourniquets. It could also be used in places those tools couldn’t reach.
“You can’t push a piece of shrapnel in your liver, you need some kind of tool for that,” Janis said. He added the powder could also have large-scale practical use among the general public, particularly among women who experience risky hemorrhaging after giving birth."
..."The glass could be used by the military, he said. Many preventable deaths in modern wars are due to severe blood loss, and a powdered clotting agent can be easier to use than clamps or tourniquets. It could also be used in places those tools couldn’t reach.
“You can’t push a piece of shrapnel in your liver, you need some kind of tool for that,” Janis said. He added the powder could also have large-scale practical use among the general public, particularly among women who experience risky hemorrhaging after giving birth."
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