With a technique that overcomes cells’ innate social behaviors, researchers have taken an important step in directing skin cells to migrate en masse to close wounds _ “literally making skin crawl,” ...

A split-level folding step-type tension-relieving suture technique improved wound tensile strength and collagen remodeling versus standard sutures in a preclinical model, suggesting potential to ...

For many long-term care facilities, wound care is largely tactical. Treatment protocol is often standardized and focused on the wound at hand. Best practice usually consists of placing medical ...

(Nanowerk News) There are myriad ways in which people can experience physical wounds – from minor scrapes and abrasions to the effects of surgery, critical injuries, burns and other major traumas. The ...

Biomedical engineers have developed a technique to observe wound healing in real time, discovering a central role for cells known as fibroblasts. The work is the first demonstration of a wound closure ...

Wounds that take longer than two to four weeks to heal can signal a potential health risk that requires medical treatment. While chronic, slow-healing wounds are often caused by diabetes and poor ...

RenovaCare’s CellMist System Promises to Accelerate the Healing of Burns and Wounds A technology for spraying a patient’s own stem cells onto severe burns is helping patients to leave the hospital ...

To evolve wound care, it will be important for facilities to take a long view...one that is strategic & rooted in a spirit of continuous improvement. Evolution in creating a Wound Care Culture™ should ...

A preclinical study in mice and human tissue has uncovered a molecular pathway that may help to explain why wounds inside the mouth can heal quickly and without scars. The researchers, co-led by teams ...