In recent years, data have emerged showing a variety of medical therapies can improve outcomes of patients with peripheral artery disease, according to a session dedicated to pharmacotherapy at VIVA 18.
Read MoreQueensland researchers who have developed a promising treatment for chronic wounds have now doubled its healing power, and their success is thanks to an unlikely role model – a parasitic Thai liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini.
Read MoreA new patch that mimics human skin could be the answer to healing chronic wounds that affect millions of patients worldwide every year.
Read MoreOrganogenesis Inc., a leading regenerative medicine company committed to empowering healing, will celebrate the launch of the Advancing Healing Education Resource Center, a continuing medical education microsite covering the latest clinical and practical developments in wound healing, as well as showcase the company’s latest product research during the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall 2018 meeting held this week in Las Vegas.
Read MoreIn the split second after I tripped while out running on the weekend, I knew I was going to do an excellent job of skinning my knee. And I did. I skidded down the gravelly track, sprawled on my belly, coming to a stop a couple of metres from the tree root that I had failed to see in time.
Read MoreTo the great surprise of cancer researchers, a protein they investigated for its possible role in cancer turned out to be a powerful regulator of metabolism. The Georgetown University-led study found that forced expression of this protein in a laboratory strain of obese mice showed a remarkable reduction of their fat mass despite a genetic predisposition to eat all the time.
Read MoreSutures are extensively used to close wounds. However, rather than promoting active healing of the wound, they act as a passive element that provokes scar formation. In addition, the disruption of blood vessels decreases the presence of oxygen in the wound, limiting the healing.
Read MoreBioLab Sciences, an innovator in regenerative medicine technologies, today announced its exclusively licensed technology for MyOwn SkinTM, a painless, non-surgical procedure, which leverages a patient’s own skin to produce full-thickness skin grafts in 5-7 days.
Read MoreScarless Laboratories Inc., an early stage biotechnology company based at UCLA, has received federal clearance to conduct two clinical studies of its patented compound to heal scar tissue. The 14-year-old company said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given a green light for a phase I and phase II trial to study a peptide to promote wound healing and improve scar appearance.
Read MoreACS Clinical Congress 2018 — Prescient Surgical announced publication of clinical data in Surgical Infections on CleanCision, its novel irrigating wound retraction and protection system, which is commercially available in the United States and approved for use in Europe.
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