0 Worm Glue Could Repair Human Bones

The surgeons repair the broken bone with the help of a pen, plates, and screws, but these tools are too big so difficult to hang on a smaller bone fragments. So far, researchers do not know how to create an adhesive substance that can harden in a wet environment in the human body. But they found a solution by examining the sandcastle worm

The sandcastle worm (Phragmatopoma californica), also called the honeycomb worm or honeycomb tube worm,  is a reef-forming marine polychaete worm belonging to the family Sabellarididae. It is dark brown in color with a crown of lavender tentacles and has a length of up to about 7.5 centimeters (3.0 in).  The worm inhabits the Californian coast, from Sonoma County to northern Baja California.

Think: This worm makes under-water home-like honeycomb of a grain of sand and shell splinters. Each granules and flakes with a little glue attached generated by the worm thoracic glands. The glue is superior to man-made adhesives. This glue contains a unique set of proteins that, when combined, can produce a glue that hardens in water-and quickly! Worms honeycomb and appropriately named mason topnotch. Stewart Russell, University of Utah, said that small animals have been solved "the problem of adhesive complex".

Researchers have created artificial honeycomb worm glue even stronger than the original. This glue, which will be used in the operating room, should be able to dissolve itself so that when in use to unite a broken bone, bone glue that breaks down as he recovers. If proven effective for the human body, this glue will be a medical breakthrough.