Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation and the University of Arizona College of Medicine have ...

A bandage usually covers a wound. This one comes with a bonus: it gives repair instructions. Researchers at Rice University ...

Unlike conventional wound dressings, the new material is infused with living cells that continuously release bioactive ...

Maui Health Medical Minute is sponsored content. This article was written by Dr. James R. Williams, Infectious Disease, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic. The body ha ...

Most small wounds heal naturally with time, but home remedies — such as aloe vera, antibacterial ointment, or honey — may speed up the healing process. A wound leaves the body’s internal tissues ...

Scientists discovered that nanosilicates can help the body grow new blood vessels, which is essential for healing wounds and damaged tissues. This finding could lead to better treatments for injuries ...

Scientists may soon turn to bacteria originally found in feces to help cure chronic wounds more quickly. An open wound, for example, is a perfect little breeding pool for bacteria. But not all ...

A new type of water-powered bandage could make it much easier for slow-healing wounds to close up. The bandage is technically "electric," but it is powered by adding water to the thin and flexible ...

When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

New findings report that a class of small RNAs (microRNAs), microRNA-29, can restore normal skin structure rather than producing a wound closure by a connective tissue (scar). Any improvement of ...

Understanding how wounds heal after injury could be a step closer thanks to a new mathematical model developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. The study, published in Physical Review ...

At some point in their lives, 15 percent of people with diabetes will develop a painful and hard-to-treat foot ulcer. Twenty-four percent of those affected will require a lower-leg amputation because ...