While we've seen antibacterial wound dressings before, Italian scientists have taken the idea to new extremes. They've ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

Researchers have developed nanoflower-coated bandages with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties, capable of killing ...

Instead, the researchers have discovered that using tiny zaps of electricity – so small that you wouldn’t even feel them – bacteria can be eradicated from a wound. This means that (unless ...

A groundbreaking cannabinoid-based antimicrobial, Silvanex, fights drug-resistant infections with a synergy of silver, CBC ...

The result is a hydrogel that is stronger, expands in the wound, lasts longer, kills bacteria, and creates a healthy ...

From there, researchers then carefully attached these nanoflowers on small strips of electrospun nanofabric. “Polyphenols, ...

A new burn gel could enhance treatment and recovery of burn victims and it could also change the way patients are cared for on the scene of medical emergencies.

“They just look like these little puncture wounds. But their teeth are so sharp; they’re like little needles, with the tip of it being bacteria.” And when you’re bitten by a cat, the pin ...

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MolecuLight Inc., a global medical device company pioneering point-of-care fluorescence imaging for measuring bacterial load in wounds, today announced it ...

New dual-sensor bandage technology combines bacterial detection with automated pH monitoring to provide more accurate wound ...