Three U of A engineering students has developed a mobile app that tracks the progress of a healing wound. The app calculates whether treatments are working as they should be based on descriptions of size, depth, and shape along with more subjective impressions of pain and irritation, says programmer Connor Povoledo. Accurate tracking can predict...
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Could parasitic worm spit hold the key to healing wounds? Scientists discover it can supercharge the regrowth of skin cells
Found in Southeast Asia, the deadly parasite produces a molecule in its saliva Experts stumbled across it in their quest to find out why it causes liver cancer Called granulin, it has been found in tests to accelerate the healing of wounds The findings could lead to a potential cream, the Australian researchers claim Parasitic worm...
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New hope for slow-healing wounds
MicroRNAs are interesting target structures for new therapeutic agents. They can be blocked through synthetic antimiRs. However, to date it was not possible to use these only locally. Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have now successfully achieved this in the treatment of impaired wound healing with the help of light-inducible antimiRs. MicroRNAs are small gene...