Porcupine quills inspire new medical needles and adhesives

     When one typically thinks about medical advances it is normal for technology to come to mind. Well you see, now porcupines might be coming to mind instead in some of the minds of researchers and scientists. In this new medical revolution porcupine quills have a unique structure giving them the possibility to be used as a new form of needles. In the past spiders webs and gecko feet have also inspired new medical advances and now the attention has been turned to be a more...pointy situation. Although it will take time to actually apply this new idea, once established the possible medical uses will be infinite. Who knows maybe the next time you receive an injection it might be with a porcupine quill.

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