Healing of burn wounds requires that dead tissue is removed and new skin tissue is regenerated, while ensuring that the wound is closed rapidly to minimize the risk of infection and scar formation. A*STAR researchers now ...
Materials Science
Sep 24, 2014
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Wrapping wound dressings around fingers and toes can be tricky, but for burn victims, guarding them against infection is critical. Today, scientists are reporting the development of novel, ultrathin coatings called nanosheets ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2014
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As many patients know, treating wounds has become far more sophisticated than sewing stitches and applying gauze, but dressings still have shortcomings. Now scientists are reporting the next step in the evolution of wound ...
Materials Science
Jun 25, 2014
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Tufts University today announced that it has licensed a novel silk technology for the treatment of chronic skin wounds to Akeso Biomedical, Inc., an early stage medical device company. The technology was invented by David ...
Materials Science
May 5, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Stopping bleeding, closing wounds, repairing organs—these are everyday challenges in medical and surgical practice. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, French researchers have now introduced a new method that ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 28, 2014
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Sometimes it only takes a quick jolt of electricity to get a swarm of cells moving in the right direction.
Biochemistry
Mar 11, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers from Innsbruck Medical University has found 19 modern humans living in Austria with the same genetic defect as the ice-man Ötzi, the APA News Agency is reporting. The ice-man was found ...
Honey has long been known for its anti-bacterial properties: it was prized by the ancient Egyptians and is widely used today in veterinary medicine as a wound dressing.
Other
Sep 30, 2013
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Unlike humans, planarian flatworms have the remarkable ability to regrow any missing body part, making them an ideal model with which to study the molecular basis of regeneration.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. have devised a means for using nanoparticles to cause angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels) to speed up or slow down. In their paper published ...
