1

2

Top Headlines

PAINTing a Wound-Healing Ink Into Cuts With a 3D-Printing Pen

June 1, 2023 — The body is pretty good at healing itself, though more severe wounds can require bandages or stitches. But researchers have now developed a wound-healing ink that can actively encourage the body to heal by exposing the cut to immune-system vesicles. The ink can be spread into a cut of any shape ...

New Type of Drug Candidate Effectively Accelerates Wound Healing in Clinical Study

May 30, 2023 — Complicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study on humans, researchers show that treatment with a specific type of modified lactic acid bacteria ...

Breaking Through Bacterial Barriers in Chronic Treatment-Resistant Wounds

May 22, 2023 — Using a new strategy, researchers were able to reduce the challenging MRSA infection in the wounds of diabetic mice by 94%. They were able to completely sterilize the wounds in several of the mice, and the rest had significantly reduced bacterial ...

Engineers Design Sutures That Can Deliver Drugs or Sense Inflammation

May 16, 2023 — Engineers have designed tissue-derived 'smart' sutures that can not only hold tissue in place, but also detect inflammation and release drugs. The sutures are coated with hydrogels that can be embedded with sensors, drugs, or cells that release therapeutic ...

Latest Headlines

updated 10:01pm EDT

Researchers Reveal an Ancient Mechanism for Wound Repair

Apr. 24, 2023 — The study is the first to identify a damage response pathway that is distinct from but parallel to the classical pathway triggered by ...

The Wound Dressing That Can Reveal Infection

Apr. 18, 2023 — A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been ...

Healing the Unhealable: New Approach Helps Bones Mend Themselves

Apr. 14, 2023 — Young babies and newborn mice can naturally heal damage to the bones that form the top of the skull, but this ability is lost in adults. Researchers developed a novel approach that promoted bone ...

How Electricity Can Heal Wounds Three Times as Fast

Apr. 18, 2023 — Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly -- in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers have developed a method ...

Scientists See Anti-Aging Potential in an Invasive Weed

Mar. 30, 2023 — The fruit of the cocklebur plant, which grows worldwide and is often considered a noxious weed, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory components that could make it useful as a skin protectant, ...

Surgical Sealing Made Better With Robust Thermosensitive Bioadhesives

Mar. 29, 2023 — Scientists have employed inventive chemistry to produce an injectable biomaterial with significantly improved adhesive strength, stretchability, and toughness. This chemically modified, gelatin-based ...

Simulating Cuts and Burns Reveals Wound Healing and Clearing Power of Fibroblasts

Mar. 14, 2023 — Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of ...

First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30%

Feb. 22, 2023 — 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

Feb. 1, 2023 — 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

Jan. 26, 2023 — 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 ...