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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Neil Pooran

How an insect might change how surgeons operate on the human body

Research has revealed new findings about the sawfly - (Andreas Taegar/Heriot-Watt University/PA Wire)

Scientists have hailed a "remarkable" discovery concerning a wasp-like insect's plant-cutting mechanism, suggesting it could revolutionise modern surgical techniques.

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University meticulously studied how female sawflies achieve such precise incisions when depositing their eggs within plant tissue.

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