Kausik Mukhopadhyay, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UCF, and Pritha Sarkar, a graduate student in the material science department at UCF, test their spongelike hemostatic bandage known as “SilFoam” on a mannequin. The sponge-like foam quickly acts to stop hemorrhaging. (Photo by Antoine Hart). Credit: Antoine Hart Without proper medical intervention, injuries...
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Wireless smart bandage provides new insights on healing chronic wounds
by Andrew Myers, Stanford University Drawing of wireless smart bandage on human arm. Credit: Jian-Cheng Lai, Bao Research Group @ Stanford University Some wounds just won’t heal. Infections, diseases like diabetes, and suppressed immune systems often stack up to slow healing. Chronic wounds can last months and lead to anxiety and depression. In the worst...
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Malaria test as simple as a bandage
RICE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A BANDAGELIKE TEST FOR MALARIA FEATURES AN ARRAY OF MICRONEEDLES THAT COLLECT INTERSTITIAL FLUID FROM SKIN AND DELIVERS RESULTS ON A TEST STRIP WITHIN MINUTES. HOUSTON – (Nov. 2, 2020) – Testing for malaria could become as simple as putting on a bandage. That’s the idea behind a platform developed by Rice...
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It’s not a shock: Better bandage promotes powerful healing
MADISON – A new, low-cost wound dressing developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way. The method leverages energy generated from a patient’s own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury. IMAGE: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSOR XUDON WANG FITS A NEW WOUND DRESSING...
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It’s the PROTEIN plaster! Bandage made with fibronectin found in baby skin speeds up wound healing and doesn’t leave any scarring
The material contains fibronectin, the protein that helps assembly skin tissue in youth Harvard University study found mice healed on average three days faster Foetal skin is rich in fibronectin but it disappears soon after birth A plaster made with a protein found in the very young skin has been found to speed up wound...