Some of the world’s deadliest snakes could soon be saving lives, with research from The University of Queensland showing venom could be used to stop uncontrolled bleeding.
After injury, rapid intervention at the early stages of uncontrolled bleeding will reduce the overall associated morbidity and mortality. The complexities of trauma impair the natural blood clotting process, making it difficult to control bleeding with currently employed haemostatic agents.
Brillouin microscopy uses this scattering of light from sound waves to measure sample stiffness in 3D at microscopic scale, without requiring physical access. This permits measurement of sample stiffness in otherwise inaccessible places such as the interior of cells.
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