China Fisheries Channel reported that the author recently learned from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation that giant salamander mucus has great medical value in wound healing, and new military and civilian dual-use materials and technologies have been developed based on it. , in the future, it can show its talents in medical fields such as surgical wound healing and battlefield first aid.

The Chinese giant salamander, commonly known as "Baby Fish", is an amphibian living in fresh water. It is called "living ginseng in water" by aquatic experts and has high medical and edible value. The world's earliest giant salamander fossil is about 165 million years old, so giant salamanders are also called "living fossils." The expert team of Chongqing Kunzheng Industrial Co., Ltd., which has developed space food using giant salamander as an ingredient and provided protein nutrition to Chinese astronauts, discovered that in addition to its high nutritional value, giant salamander has more magical properties. When the giant salamander encounters external stimuli such as low-voltage current or acupuncture, it will secrete a mucus on the surface of its body. When technicians applied the powder made from the mucus to the wounds of the animal's internal organs, they found that the wounds healed automatically in about 2 seconds and stopped bleeding instantly. They also found that there was only a thin line on the surface of the wounds after bonding. Adhesive very strongly. Giant salamander mucus is a very good tissue adhesive with excellent medical properties. Technicians found in subsequent in vivo experiments that the solid powder of mucus has no side effects such as toxicity and is currently the most promising natural medical biomaterial. According to experts, the giant salamander has gone through a long period of evolution, and the microstructure of its mucus material and the corresponding mechanical properties have tended to be optimized. The excellent strength, toughness and functional adaptability shown by the giant salamander are unmatched by traditional synthetic materials. Giant salamander mucus is processed and used to repair human tissues and organs, and has good biocompatibility.

China’s unique and world’s first giant salamander mucus biomaterial will subvert traditional medical wound suturing technology. At present, this application is still blank in the world. The scientific research team is vigorously promoting the speed of product development and striving to be used in battlefield first aid and medical care as soon as possible.