Worms may reveal insights into wound healing response
By
John O'Connor
Jan 03, 2012
California researchers may have found an unlikely key to unlocking the secrets of wound healing in humans: the roundworm.
Role of biomaterials is expected to grow
By
John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2011
Biomaterials likely will play a larger role in helping chronic wounds heal among diabetics, according to experts who spoke at the European Conference on Biomaterials in Dublin.
Bone marrow cells key to wound healing
By
John O'Connor
May 02, 2011
Researchers at King’s College London and Osaka University in Japan have identified the chemical that summons stem cells from bone marrow to wound sites. The discovery could lead to new leg ulcer...
Big wound treatment in a small package
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2011
An inexpensive nanometer-sized drug that can treat foot ulcers and other chronic wounds has been developed by a group of scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard Medical School and others...