Surgery without stitches

Again scientists look to the natural world for an ideal material, this time looking at crabs to mimic the chitin attachment between the crab's shell and underlying musculature. This material - surgilux - is a "thin polymer film based on chitin" that 'melds' to the flesh when heated via infrared light.

According to Dr John Foster in the video, the melding is simple, cost-effective, anti-microbial, non-scarring, and non-dependent on the surgeon's skill level.