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Can a new tissue glue be used to correct the open space evident in a pollybeak deformity?

December 2, 2016
Asked By:runatem in Hartford, CT

The WYSS Institute of Harvard has come up with a new natural glue capable of closing even large wounds. The glue uses chitosan and transglutaminase. I'm wondering if this glue might have promise in correcting a deformity like pollybeak.

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