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- Researchers make injectable bandages to stop bleeding.
- The bandage works inside deep wounds and cavities.
- It helps blood form a clot quickly at wounds.
- The dressing changes to a foam in the body.
- The materials are tiny particles from clay-like sources.
- Designers made the particles safer and synthetic.
- A main problem is particles washing away in blood.
- Engineers made two ways to keep particles inside.
- One way expands to fill and seal the wound.
- The other way makes a tight plug to stop flow.
Difficult words
- injectable — can be put into the body by injection
- bandage — material used to cover and protect a woundbandages
- clot — thick mass that stops bleeding
- dressing — material placed on a wound to protect it
- particle — very small pieces of a materialparticles
- seal — to close something so nothing can enter
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Discussion questions
- Have you used a bandage before?
- Would you like a bandage that becomes foam inside a wound?
- Do you think tiny particles are safe in medical materials?
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