wound healing

Dermastream may heal bedsores and ulcers

harminka — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:20:28 -0500

More than six million people in the U.S. suffer from persistent wounds — open sores that never seem to heal or, once apparently healed, return with a vengeance. The bedridden elderly and infirm are prone to painful and dangerous pressure ulcers, and diabetics are susceptible to wounds caused by a lack of blood flow to the extremities.

Topical Treatment Improves Wound Healing

harminka — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:58:35 -0500

A group led by Dr. Yasunori Okada at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan has demonstrated that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are instrumental in wound healing. Their report can be found in the August 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

Human stem cells promote healing of diabetic ulcers

harminka — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:41:03 -0500

Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found that human foetal stem cells can effectively be used to treat back leg ischaemic ulcers in a model of type 1 diabetes.

Scientists suspect omega-3 fatty acids could slow acute wound healing

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:12:30 -0500

A recent study shows that popular fish oil supplements have an effect on the healing process of small, acute wounds in human skin. But whether that effect is detrimental, as researchers initially suspected, remains a mystery.

Isolating compound in human saliva that speeds wound healing

harminka — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:56:14 -0500

A report by scientists from The Netherlands published online in The FASEB Journal identifies a compound in human saliva that greatly speeds wound healing.

Advanced Wound Closure Techniques Replacing Sutures and Staples

mksmith — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:15:31 -0500

New Survey by Greystone Associates Examines Impact on Surgical and Wound Management Market.

How do flexing muscles call for more blood?

harminka — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:56:35 -0600

Researchers have solved a longstanding mystery about how flexing muscles “tell” nearby blood vessels that they need more blood to perform, according to a study published Feb. 15 in the journal Circulation Research.

Artificial skin system can heal wounds

harminka — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:28:48 -0600

A new study in Artificial Organs tested the effects of a wound dressing created with hair follicular cells. The findings reveal that skin substitutes using living hair cells can increase wound healing.

Patients should ask surgeons about using honey to heal wounds

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:55:36 -0500

Surgeons are being advised to consider the supermarket as well as the drugs cupboard when it comes to effective wound healing, according to a research review published in the October issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

Sea cucumbers fast track organ regrowth by healing their wounds

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:36:20 -0500

Sea cucumbers are the champions of organ regrowth because they direct their wound healing abilities towards restoring their organs, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Developmental Biology.

Use of popular treatment for wound healing questioned

harminka — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:57:30 -0500

The effectiveness and value of an increasingly popular treatment used in the treatment of long term wounds are questioned in this month’s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB)

Patient's own blood gel to promote wound healing

harminka — Tue, 22 May 2007 04:59:01 -0500

A preliminary study suggests that topical application of a gel made from platelets in healthy individuals' own blood may help wounds heal more quickly and completely, according to a report in the May/June issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.