{"id":13064,"date":"2017-12-12T12:44:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=13064"},"modified":"2017-12-12T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T12:44:27","slug":"scientists-have-developed-an-on-the-spot-temperature-sensitive-gel-that-could-seal-eye-injuries-on-the-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/scientists-have-developed-an-on-the-spot-temperature-sensitive-gel-that-could-seal-eye-injuries-on-the-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists have developed an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reversible, temporary seal developed by researchers at University of Southern California in the US changes from a fluid to a super-strong semi-solid when applied to the eye.<\/p>\n<p>When the patient is ready for surgery to permanently close the injury, doctors can remove the seal by adding cool water.<\/p>\n<p>The material the group worked with for retinal implants is a hydrogel called PNIPAM, poly, which has a unique attribute that makes it a natural fit for this application.<\/p>\n<p>When cooled, the hydrogel becomes a liquid for easy application, and when heated, it becomes a viscous semi-solid with strong adhesion, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the initial hydrogel&#8217;s transition temperature was very close to the temperature of the human eye, we had to modify its properties to ensure that it would form a solid seal as soon as the gel was applied to the eye by a soldier or medic,&#8221; said Niki Bayat, lead author of the study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reversible, temporary seal developed by researchers at University of Southern California in the US changes from a fluid to a super-strong semi-solid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13067,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13064\/revisions\/13067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}