The presentation was made at a jointly held Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Medical Research Forum on Wound Repair in Atlanta. More than 1,000 physicians, nurses and other health professionals from 23 nations attended. Scardino's poster was amon g 86 posters in four categories. The poster culminated a research project that evaluated a new fibrin sealant formulation and its novel method of delivery and activation. It demonstrates that our work is of international caliber and that results generated through Auburn research can have a bearing on the world marketplace.
Fibrin sealants are biological adhesives derived from blood.
The study Scardino worked on was performed to evaluate some basic factors associated with the healing of incised wounds when fibrin sealants were used to close the wounds. In the tests, th e sealants were used both as a supplement to traditional stitches and as a replacement for stitches.