Treatments to regenerate skin from burns are lengthy; however, Mexican researchers have developed a biodegradable membrane that transfers skin cells (keratinocytes) to burn wounds, when placed on the wound. The method reduces ...
Apr 2, 2015
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Researchers in Singapore are gaining further insight into how the mechanical environment of cells drives fundamental cellular processes such as motility, growth and survival. These processes are integral to many clinical ...
Mar 19, 2015
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You fall and scrape your knee. After cleaning the wound, you plaster a bandage over it and presto! In two to three days, your injury is nothing but a memory.
Jul 16, 2014
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Bone healing cells in non-smokers are of a better quality, more active and quicker at dividing than those of smokers, according to new research.
Mar 12, 2014
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Our body's sweat glands are a source of stem cells particularly suited to healing wounds – stem cells that form new skin cells and manage the healing process. They are not rejected by the body and can be obtained without ...
Feb 3, 2014
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Doctors in China kept a man's severed hand alive for a month by attaching it to his leg, before restoring it to its usual position, a report said Tuesday.
Dec 17, 2013
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Skin provides a first line of defense against viruses, bacteria and parasites that might otherwise make people ill. When an injury breaks that barrier, a systematic chain of molecular signaling launches to close the wound ...
Nov 15, 2013
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Physicians have long observed that binge drinking can significantly impair the healing process following a bone fracture.
Oct 6, 2013
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Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic foot ulcer that does not heal. To date, medical solutions that can change this situation are very limited. In his doctoral thesis Yue Shen from the Industrial ...
May 20, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—The endothelium, the cellular layer lining the body's blood vessels, is extremely resilient. Measuring just a few hundred nanometers in thickness, this super-tenuous structure routinely withstands blood ...
May 16, 2013
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