A new strategy for the treatment of chronic wounds

A number of people are working in what looks to be a scientific laboratory. Everyone is wearing white coats, and one woman is leaning against a countertop. Dr Manuela Martins-Green investigates the impact of increased OS levels on wound healing by stimulating chronic wound development in a diabetic mouse model.

Wound healing is highly regulated, but oxidative stress (OS) can disturb this healing process in chronic wounds. To better understand the process of initiating chronicity, Dr Manuela Martins-Green and her colleagues at the University of California investigated the impact of increased OS levels on wound healing by stimulating chronic wound development in a diabetic mouse model. The team provides insight […]

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Healing with star power: Using plasma to treat skin wounds

Drs Eric Robert and Thierry Prazuck research the use of non-thermal, or cold, plasma, for decontamination and healing in skin wounds with infections

New resistant bacteria strains and viruses are appearing all the time, making the treatment of infections increasingly difficult. Humanity is in dire need of new weapons to fight this worldwide war against emerging pathogens. Dr Eric Robert, Thierry Prazuck, and their teams at GREMI, CNRS/Université d’Orléans, and CHRO, Orléans, France, perform pioneering work using cold plasma to treat bacterial infections. […]

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