Researchers have developed a new device, called a regenerative bandage, that quickly heals painful, hard-to-treat sores without using drugs. During head-to-head tests, the new bandage healed diabetic wounds 33 percent faster than one of the most popular bandages currently on the market.
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Yunxiao Zhu, Zdravka Cankova, Marta Iwanaszko, Sheridan Lichtor, Milan Mrksich, Guillermo A. Ameer. Potent laminin-inspired antioxidant regenerative dressing accelerates wound healing in diabetes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018; 201804262 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804262115
Northwestern University. "Regenerative bandage accelerates healing in diabetic wounds: Shape-conforming hydrogel leverages the body's own healing mechanisms rather than releasing drugs or biologics." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 11 June 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180611152729.htm>.