Diabetes significantly complicates the wound healing process through multiple mechanisms that work against the body’s natural recovery abilities. High blood glucose levels damage blood vessels, ...

Heal, combines AI, imaging, and bioelectronics to speed up wound recovery. It continuously monitors wounds, diagnoses healing ...

People with diabetes suffering from hard-to-heal foot ulcers now have access to a groundbreaking new treatment available at ...

Scabs form when a wound dries out and the tissue dies. Maintaining a moist wound environment will prevent scabbing and allow ...

When KETV visited the lab, the team was testing the technology on samples of pig skin."When we cut open any tissue, there is ...

Shorter wound healing time, fewer dressing changes and the opportunity for earlier discharge from the hospital. These are some of the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy to treat wound ...

How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed. A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of ...

Wearable “a-Heal” device from UC Santa Cruz optimizes each stage of repair.

University of Oregon researchers have tested a new combination drug therapy that could dismantle the difficult-to-treat ...

When a wound turns septic, healing can quickly become a battle. Antibiotics have been the go-to defense for decades, but ...