The double-sided sticky tape was designed to act like duct tape for surgeons. Sutures - stitches that hold a wound or cut together - don't always work well and can cause infections and pain.

Double-sided sticky tape may be a kinder, gentler alternative to sutures The tape could be used not only to join tissue, but also to secure implants Felice Frankel, Christine Daniloff, MIT ...

Inspired by a sticky substance spiders use to catch prey, engineers designed a double-sided tape that can rapidly seal tissues together. This adhesive may eventually be used in place of surgical ...

Inspired by the sticky substance spiders use to catch their prey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have designed a special double-sided tape that can rapidly seal tissues together ...

Surgical stitches may one day be replaced by a double-sided sticky tape that can seal wounds together in as little as five seconds. Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists proved the tape ...