When you get a burn or a wound, for some people, healing comes quickly. For others, it can take years. Melissa Krebs wondered if there might be a way to change that.

For explosion wounds as well as some incurred in disasters and accidents, severe hemorrhage is a leading cause of death. Hydrogel dressings, which have advanced in recent years, may help; they are ...

Pairing esmolol hydrochloride topical gel treatment with standard wound care resulted in significantly greater diabetic foot wound closure compared to standard wound care alone, the results of a ...

When you think about materials used in medicine, you likely picture metals, plastics, or synthetic gels. Researchers at the ...

A responsive hydrogel delivers RNA therapy to diabetic wounds, reducing tissue breakdown and inflammation by releasing treatment in sync with the wound's chemical signals. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A small ...

The leading cause of death due to injuries in war is excessive bleeding. A KAIST research team, in which an Army Major ...

Scar tissue is an effective short-term solution to quickly patch up wounded skin, but it’s not so great long-term. Now, researchers at Duke University and UCLA have created a new hydrogel that can ...

The chronic skin ulcers that diabetics often develop on their feet are notoriously slow to heal, sometimes to the point that they become seriously infected and require foot amputation. A new magnetic ...

For people with diabetes, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and nerves, leading to chronic wounds that stay open for months. But a new gel-based treatment could massively speed up the healing ...

A gel applied to wounds to prevent microbial infections has been recalled after a bacterial contamination was found in the gel itself. And that contamination, according to the FDA-posted recall notice ...

One lot of RevitaDerm wound care gel is being recalled due to bacterial contamination, according to the FDA. The recall was issued after one bottle of the prescription-only product was found to ...

South Korean researchers have developed AGCL Powder, a medical spray that stops bleeding in one second by forming a hydrogel ...