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Electronic Sutures Can Check For Infections and Even Help Wounds Heal
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comStitches deserve a makeover. We've been using them in some form for thousands of years. So while they've stood the test of time, a researcher from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is wrestling surgical sutures into the future