Slow-healing lesions — common in diabetics and burn victims — can lead to lingering infections that resist antibiotic ...

When someone suffers a serious burn, healing can be a long and difficult journey. Severe burns damage not only the outer ...

(a) The HRZn hydrogel was constructed by mixing HA, Rhein, and Zn 2+. (b) The use of HRZn hydrogel for treating S. aureus-infected burn wound. Burns affect over 100 million people worldwide each year, ...

Burn injury disrupts the skin’s primary protective barrier, exposing underlying tissues to a diverse microbial milieu and creating a niche for rapid colonisation and infection. Management begins with ...

A novel ε-poly-L-lysine-loaded sodium-alginate/gelatin hydrogel (PSG15) has shown exceptional promise in accelerating the healing of infected wounds. This multifunctional injectable hydrogel delivers ...

Silvadene (silver sulfadiazine) cream is primarily used to prevent and treat infections in second- and third-degree burn wounds. It kills a wide range of bacteria and yeast that can cause sepsis. It ...

Australian researchers have flagged some promising new approaches to treat severe burns that could save lives and dramatically improve patient recovery. Severe burns remain one of the most challenging ...

Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of fibroblasts embedded in a collagen hydrogel. Wounds were ...

In an innovative study, scientists at Mudanjiang Medical University improved a poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) nanofibrous membrane with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and curcumin to promote the healing of ...