CAD model of There Heal wearable device, illustrating the integrated camera for wound monitoring and actuator for drug delivery or stimulation. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: ...

Helmholtz Munich researchers revealed a conserved differentiation process with clinical implications for injury repair, identifying a multipotent fibroblast progenitor in the fascia— the deepest ...

When a simple cut takes weeks to heal or a minor scrape refuses to close properly, hidden factors may be sabotaging the body’s natural recovery process. Understanding these obstacles can mean the ...

Depending on how severe your infection is, MRSA wounds can take from a few days to several months to heal. MRSA infections can range from a minor skin infection to a much more serious systemic ...

New findings in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, report that a class of small RNAs (microRNAs), microRNA-29, can restore normal skin structure rather than producing a wound ...

Slow wound healing is a process in which a wound, whether large or small, heals significantly slower than what is typical. While wounds go through several healing stages, a wound may take longer to ...

While saliva does contain proteins that can help heal wounds faster, it also contains bacteria that could lead to infection if they come in contact with a wound, especially a deep wound. It is safest ...

As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” designed by engineers at the University ...