FDA approves wound retraction system that fights surgical site infections
The FDA has approved a wound retraction system created by Prescient Surgical. The company’s CleanCision wound retraction and protection system is a sterile, single-use irrigating wound device that...
View ArticleWebinar: Innovations in Wound Care
View and download the PDF slide-deck below. American Nurse Today, Woundcare Advisor and Angelini present: Innovations in Wound Care: Case Studies Basic Wound Cleansing and use of Collagen in Diabetic...
View ArticleBiotech startup announces patent for regenerative tissue therapy
BioLab Sciences, an innovator in regenerative medicine technologies, has announced the patent of MyOwn SkinTM, a new, non-evasive, regenerative tissue therapy that uses a patient’s own skin to...
View ArticlePredicting diabetic foot ulcer healing improves with thermal imaging
A first of its kind study between RMIT University, the University of Melbourne, and Austin Health, used thermal imaging to predict the size and healing trajectory of recently developed diabetic foot...
View ArticleSilk wound dressing helps eliminate scar tissue formation
Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China have developed a new type of wound dressing, based on a silk protein sericin hydrogel, that can achieve skin regeneration with...
View ArticleRare ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacterium Spreads North as Oceans Warm
By Christopher O’Donnell, Tampa Bay Times Debbie King barely gave it a second thought when she scraped her right shin climbing onto her friend’s pontoon for a day of boating in the Gulf of Mexico on...
View ArticleFlesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise in the US
By Bill Sullivan, Indiana University Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September 2023, the Centers...
View ArticleLeprosy cases are rising in the US – what is the ancient disease and why is...
By Robert A. Schwartz, Rutgers University The word “leprosy” conjures images of biblical plagues, but the disease is still with us today. Caused by infectious bacteria, some 200,000 new cases are...
View ArticleA young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s −...
By Mark M. Lambert, Des Moines University Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the...
View ArticleWhy do older people heal more slowly?
By Matthew Steinhauser, University of Pittsburgh I recently visited an 83-year-old patient in the hospital after EMTs rushed her to the ER with an infected leg wound. Her ordeal started inconspicuously...
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