Surgery
Smart wound dressing provides suture-free closure of surgical incisions
"Sutures? That's practically medieval!"
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Biomedical technology
A gel-based sensor that detects wound infections
A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in Singapore has developed a gel-based sensor that can be used to detect infections in open wounds. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
Surgery
'Surgery selfies' could spot serious infections early, study says
Smartphone pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early identification of infections, a study has found.
Nov 18, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Cold plasma ionised gas as new treatment for diabetic foot ulcers could also kill COVID-19 virus indoors
A new formulation developed by University of South Australia scientists to treat antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in diabetic foot ulcers could also be used to kill the COVID-19 virus circulating in air conditioning ...
Nov 11, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Researchers reveal critical role of mechanosensor in skin wound healing
PIEZO1, an ion channel mechanosensor found within cells, has been revealed to play a key role in regulating the speed of skin wound healing by researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).
Nov 9, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Healing skin ischemia-reperfusion injuries with interleukin-36 receptor antagonists
Ischemia, which in modern Latin means, "staunching of blood," is a medical condition in which the blood supply is cut off to different parts of the body. In patients who are bed-ridden, ischemia can manifest as pressure ulcers. ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Optimizing preoperative radiation therapy in high-risk sarcoma
In a phase 2 single-institution study, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that dose-equivalent preoperative radiation therapy for extremity/trunk soft tissue sarcoma delivered in five days rather than ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Biomedical technology
MagneTEskin – Reconstructing the skin with magnetically induced assembly of microtissue cores
Autologous skin grafting is still the gold standard of wound repair. In a new report now published on Science Advances, Christiane Fuchs, and a research team in photomedicine and dermatology at the Massachusetts General Hospital ...
Pediatrics
COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns sharply increased bicycle-related injuries; gun-related injuries rose too
Despite regional variations in COVID-19-related restrictions last year during the lockdown phase of the pandemic, similar trends emerged in activity at Level I trauma centers in four different cities from the Southeast to ...
Oct 24, 2021
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Biomedical technology
World's first smart bandage detects multiple biomarkers for onsite chronic wound monitoring
A research team led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), in collaboration with ...
Oct 21, 2021
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