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Wounds and Healing News
July 24, 2023

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How Diabetes Slows Healing in the Eye

Investigators have provided new understanding of how diabetes delays wound healing in the eye, identifying for the first time two related disease-associated changes to the ...

Historical Medicine Suggests a New Way to Use Modern Treatments

The mixture of honey and vinegar, also known as oxymel, has been used as a medical treatment throughout history and now scientists have established that this combination could have modern applications in the treatment of ...

Innovative Paper-Like, Battery-Free, AI-Enabled Sensor for Holistic Wound Monitoring

Scientists have invented a paper-like, battery-free, AI-enabled sensor patch -- PETAL -- for convenient and effective monitoring of wound recovery. This novel technology provides early warning of complications to improve wound care. The paper-like, ...

A 'Spy' in the Belly

To ensure that wounds remain tightly sealed in the abdomen after surgery, researchers have developed a patch with a sensor function. The polymer patch warns before the occurrence of dangerous leaks on sutures in the gastrointestinal tract take hold, while closes the areas on its own. A new material ...
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Simulating Cuts and Burns Reveals Wound Healing and Clearing Power of Fibroblasts

Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of fibroblasts embedded in a collagen hydrogel. Wounds were ...

First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30%

Researchers have developed a small, flexible, stretchable bandage that accelerates healing by delivering electrotherapy directly to the wound site. The bandage also actively monitors the healing ...

Smart Stitches Could Reduce Infection and Simplify Post Op Monitoring

A new antimicrobial suture material that glows in medical imaging could provide a promising alternative for mesh implants and internal ...

New Spray Fights Infections and Antibiotic Resistance

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks antibiotic resistance as one of the top ten threats to global health. There is therefore a great need for new solutions to tackle resistant bacteria and ...

Hydrogel Injections Treat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections After Hip, Knee Replacements

Researchers develop an injectable hydrogel that treats infections around prosthetics without the problems caused by current treatments. The black phosphorus-enhanced gel has a porous structure, ...

New Material Discovered That Helps Diabetic Wounds Heal Quickly

Scientists have discovered a new material that can be applied to diabetic wounds to heal them faster with just one ...

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Trial Shows Benefits of Two Forms of Ankle Surgery for Osteoarthritis

Patients with advanced ankle osteoarthritis who undergo surgery see equally good outcomes from the two main surgical treatments for osteoarthritis, a new study has ...

Contactless Screening Tool Could Revolutionize Chronic Wound Treatment

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home. Nearly half a million Australians ...

Researchers Studying New Way to Heal Diabetic Wounds by Activating 'Hidden' Mechanism in the Body

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are looking for ways to heal wounds by using a healing protein that is active in fetuses, but largely inactive in adults and absent in diabetic ...

Experts Pave the Way for Safer Surgery to Address Global Elective Waiting Lists

Surgical care experts have today unveiled two studies that will help to provide safer surgery for thousands of patients around the world -- particularly in Low- and Middle-income Countries ...

Antisepsis Agents Interchangeable in Reducing Infection Risk in Open Fracture Surgeries

A new study compares the effectiveness of two antisepsis aqueous solutions in reducing the risk of infection in patients requiring surgery for open fractures. The research team found that contrary to ...

Flatworm-Inspired Medical Adhesives Stop Blood Loss

Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply ...

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Children Commonly Face New, Worsening Health Problems Months After Critical Illness from Sepsis

Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study ...

Immunotherapy Drug Did Not Increase Surgery Complications, Study Finds

研究人员最近发表研究结果showing that administering immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before surgery for oral cavity cancer did not increase rates of complication during and after ...

The Chemical Controlling Life and Death in Hair Follicles

A single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and when they die. This discovery could not only treat baldness, but ultimately speed wound healing because follicles are a ...

Tissue Nanotransfection Technology Proves Useful in Non-Viral Topical Gene Editing to Close Complex Cutaneous Wounds

New research demonstrates that tissue nanotransfection can serve as a non-viral, topical, gene-editing delivery ...

Could a Phytochemical Derived from Vegetables Like Broccoli Be the Answer to Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens?

While more and more pathogens have developed biofilms that protect them from being eradicated by antibiotics, fewer classes of antibiotics are being developed. Researchers decided to go in a ...

Scarless Skin Grafting Using Mussel Adhesive Protein

A professor develops a bioadhesive based on the mussel adhesive protein for sutureless skin grafting. Skin regenerative effect maximized with controlled releases of dual ...

Robotic Surgery Is Safer and Improves Patient Recovery Time

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a ...

Recovery from Muscle Loss Injuries Hindered by Immune Cell Conflicts

Tissues often fail to regenerate from traumatic muscle-loss injuries such as gunshot wounds and car accidents, and new research in mice sheds light on ...

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