A bacterium found in the wound microbiome can accelerate healing, highlighting the potential for microbiota-based wound therapies ... about eight millimeters in diameter on the back skin of these mice ...

As the average age of the global population increases, healthcare systems must adapt to treating chronic wounds in elderly ...

Study: The wound microbiota: microbial mechanisms of impaired wound healing and infection. Image Credit: A3pfamily / Shutterstock.com The skin protects ... which help activate its virulence ...

Aug. 2, 2012 -- An experimental spray-on skin product may help people with chronic leg wounds heal faster and more effectively than available treatments, a new study suggests. People in the study ...

Chronic diabetic skin ... heal, but an otherwise-wasted material may soon help change that. Scientists at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new regenerative wound ...