Salt Triggered Peptide Folding and Consequent Self Assembly into Ncnr Nist Form

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it's not a pretty scene but bleeding and wound care are common problems in the operating room in the field and for patients at home what if there was a better way to solve these and other challenges such as leakage and contamination while still allowing for normal healing it may all be possible through self-assembling materials a technology currently being developed at arch therapeutics arch's unique formulation contains specially synthesized peptide strands that flow freely into the wound and its irregular edges upon exposure to this charged hydrated environment the strands self-assemble into an interwoven network of nanoscale fibers this liquid network grows and transforms into a non-sticky gel creating a physical barrier that mechanically controls bleeding and other leaking fluids studies support that arches self-assembling materials can rapidly and safely stop bleeding and leakage can reduce contamination and infection are biocompatible and allow wounds to heal normally and since b