A small study of patients with diabetic foot ulcers showed that using topical oxygen as part of treatment can encourage the growth of healthy bacteria — making this a possible alternative to antibiotics.
Wound-healing cell may be cancer key
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2018
UCLA scientists have discovered a protein factor that helps a fibroblast cell’s ability to help in wound healing.
Mixed fungi film slows foot ulcer healing
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 05, 2016
Researchers have discovered that fungi found in chronic wounds can form mixed bacterial-fungal biofilms associated with poor outcomes and longer healing times.