Researchers create stretchy, biocompatible optical fibers

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel -- an elastic, rubbery material composed mostly of water. The fiber, which is as bendable as a rope of licorice, may one day be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses of light or light up at the first sign of disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news