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05/15/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Plant proteins used in new nanofiber dressing that accelerates healing and improves tissue regeneration

Harvard researchers have come up with two nanofiber wound dressings made from natural proteins found in plants and animals. Wounds treated with the new dressings heal so fast and so thoroughly that they don’t leave any scars, reported The Harvard Gazette. The two wound dressings were produced by separate research teams, one of which chose […]

10/16/2017 / By JD Heyes

New “smart” bandages will dramatically cut healing time for wounds in chronic patients

Researchers at MIT, Harvard, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are closing in on the development of so-called “intelligence bandages” that will dramatically improve healing times, especially in patients with chronic wounds. As reported by Futurism, the bandages are made from cotton that is swathed in a substance that is electrically conductive. The bandages are then […]

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