Glue is being used at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital to save the lives of youngsters suffering from a rare condition which usually kills babies within days.
Children with Vein of Galen malformation have abnormal communication between the arteries and veins in their brain.
This puts stress on their heart and they usually die within three or four days as a result of heart failure or hydrocephalus (water on the brain).
But a treatment which involves a tissue adhesive called Histoacryl - similar to Super Glue - being injected through a catheter in the baby's groin is proving increasingly successful at saving lives by blocking the affected area of the brain.
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