WoundHealing
Microneedle patches could speed up diabetic wound healing
Microneedle patches could speed up diabetic wound healing Microneedle patches have been developed to accelerate diabetic wound healing by preserving growth factors and removing inflammatory compounds. The technology uses microneedles to deliver growth factors directly into wounds, increasing their production within the wound itself, and also extracts undesirable pro-inflammatory proteins and immune cells from the […]
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Cells lining your skin and organs can generate electricity when injured − potentially opening new doors to treating wounds
Cells lining your skin and organs can generate electricity when injured − potentially opening new doors to treating wounds Your skin cells can generate electricity when wounded. Torsten Wittmann, University of California, San Francisco/NIH via Flickr, CC BY-NC Your cells constantly generate and conduct electricity that runs through your body to perform various functions. One […]
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