Some of the most ingenious recipes come from nature, just ask the mussel. Capable of slapping itself on the side of ships and ...

Every surface in our bodies not covered in skin is lined with a protective layer of mucus – a slimy network of proteins that acts as a physical barrier against bacteria and other infectious agents. In ...

Researchers have created a bioinspired adhesive that combines mussel-derived stickiness with mucus proteins that prevent ...

Mixing our bodies' slimy mucus with sticky polymers produces a glue that can be used as a 'biomedical adhesive', scientists ...

Engineers have developed a groundbreaking glue that fuses the properties of mucus and mussel plaques, paving the way for ...

Now, MIT and Freie Universität Berlin engineers have developed a groundbreaking new glue. This innovative adhesive combines the waterproof stickiness of mussel plaques with the germ-resistant ...

Within the animal kingdom, mussels are masters of underwater adhesion. The marine mollusks cluster atop rocks and along the ...

Background: Selective antimicrobial effects have been found for α1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine residues at the terminus of O-glycans attached to a core protein of gastric gland mucin. A4gnt encodes ...

These bioadhesive polymer layers on the luminal side are bound via Ca +2 to endogenous mucins, forming a gel-like system on the tissue. Tissues with such a artifical mucin on top are shielded ...

The secreted glycans form a mucus gel layer that serves as a physicochemical sensor and barrier network and is primarily composed of mucins and associated peptides. These glycans protect gut ...