Breakthrough study to culture human skin cells called keratinocytes to produce skin grafts has been published by a team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). This method is ...
Oct 31, 2018
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A woman was left with severe burns and blisters on her legs after encountering an invasive species of plant in Vermont.
Jul 18, 2018
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A potential new cell-free treatment for severe burns and chronic wounds that was developed by scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has been exclusively licensed to XCell Biologix, a private ...
Dec 11, 2017
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Patients with severe burns who have higher levels of vitamin D recover more successfully than those with lower levels, according to a study presented at the Society for Endocrinology annual conference in Harrogate. This study ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Dr. Gary Vercruysse and his colleagues noticed something strange going on in their emergency room about a year-and-a-half ago. It all started when a 58-year-old man with severe burns to his left thigh arrived at Banner - ...
Apr 27, 2017
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In the first six months of 2016, doctors at the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center at UNC Hospitals treated 10 inpatients with severe burns and facial fractures from e-cigarette explosions. Almost all of them required surgery, ...
Sep 30, 2016
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Research findings published in the April 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggests that the use of a FDA-approved drug may serve a dual purpose by protecting people who are at high risk of infection, including ...
Apr 1, 2016
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A study published in PLOS ONE has found that burn patients experience dramatic changes in the 100 trillion bacteria inside the gastrointestinal tract.
Jul 8, 2015
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(HealthDay)—A potentially hazardous form of marijuana use called "dabbing" is growing in popularity across the United States, researchers warn.
Jun 15, 2015
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A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified a set of characteristics - including differences in gene expression - that may indicate which patients recovering from severe burns are at greatest ...
Feb 4, 2015
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