{"id":13021,"date":"2019-04-10T07:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13021"},"modified":"2019-04-10T07:01:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:01:01","slug":"porcupine-barbs-for-better-wound-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13021","title":{"rendered":"Porcupine Barbs For Better Wound Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Josh Cassidy and Laura Shields for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds sounds torturous. But, taking inspiration from the spiky rodent, researchers have begun to work on a new type of surgical staple that may be less damaging \u2014 and less painful \u2014 than current staples.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2019\/04\/09\/711050307\/porcupine-barbs-for-better-wound-healing?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=71616877&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ANQNzAB6lXrcoOlRmuRgTEPBObXEvX6uWUazIlxMRrjz4WTCaaWqmb-KbHSbi5u9w4LqlNfQbN8OnNuP8MA3PNdAnJA&amp;_hsmi=71616877\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Josh Cassidy and Laura Shields for NPR) At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13022,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021\/revisions\/13022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}