From biomaterial-based dressings to nanotherapeutics and bioengineered skin grafts, wound care management has evolved tremendously in the last couple of decades. If there is a wound on the body, ...

Obesity has assumed epidemic proportions today. To overcome this problem, many morbidly obese people resort to gastric bypass surgery. This procedure is also recommended by doctors to avoid many ...

Scientists have designed a new method for post-operative wound closing and healing that is both fast and effective. This strategy revolves around engineered 'cell sheets' -- or layers of skin-based ...

It's ironic that in order to see how a wound is healing, the dressing has to be removed, potentially setting back the healing process. A clever new bandage, however, continuously shows how the wound ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed. A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of ...

It is a staple of science fiction to mock sutures as outdated. The technique has, after all, been in use for at least 5,000 years. Surely medicine should have advanced since ancient Egypt. Professor ...