One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. Image Credit: University of Waterloo To bring relief to this and other problems, ...

Chronic wounds are a major medical challenge, burdening health care systems with billions of dollars in costs every year. Pioneer Fellow Börte Emiroglu is developing a new product: a selective, sponge ...

If you're trying to make a wound dressing that will be well-tolerated by the human body, you may be best off using human-derived materials. That's the approach that German researchers have taken, ...

While we've seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the idea to new extremes. They've created a material that kills multiple types of harmful bacteria, and it does so ...

An electric wound dressing can help heal injuries faster than existing methods, according to tests in rats. Previous research has found that applying electric fields across a cut can speed up wound ...