Saturday, 3. February 2007
Topic: health - on February 3, 2007 at 3:52:00 PM CET
Shrimp Bandages Save Soldiers
After a long search for a better way to stop extreme bleeding, the U.S. Army has purchased more than 400,000 bandages made from chitosan, a polysaccharide extracted from the exoskeletons of Icelandic shrimp.
Before deciding on the $10 million HemCon purchase last year, the Army tested fibrin bandages, collagen sponges and nanoporous ceramic powder.
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