Professor Hongbo Zhang from Åbo Akademi University in Finland and colleagues have proposed a self-healing hydrogel dressing ...

While most of us assume wound healing follows a simple, predictable timeline, the reality is far more complex and fascinating. Emerging research has uncovered surprising factors that dramatically ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Years ago, during my "marketing and sales period", a nurse approached me during a break at a seminar to ask my advice about a patient and his wound. Instead of describing the patient and his ...

When they destroyed a subset of these cells in mice, they observed slower post-injury healing in their skin and muscles, whereas wounds of mice with intact sensory neurons healed within an expected ...

Keeping wounds clean and dry prevents infection and aids healing. Hydrocolloid bandages have two layers. The outer layer is waterproof and keeps the wound clean. The inner layer contains gel-like ...