News articles tagged with 'healing'
Bone marrow cells that transform into skin cells could revolutionise approach to wound treatment
— 6 Apr 2011 16:49 | HealthResearchers at King's College London and Osaka University in Japan have identified specific bone marrow cells that can transform into skin cells to repair damaged skin tissue, according…
How much can a cell uptake?
— 3 Mar 2011 12:59 | HealthImmunological research at the University of Haifa, Israel, has made a new breakthrough, revealing a critical component in the 'decision-making' process of white blood cells that play…
Applied physicists discover that migrating cells flow like glass
— 22 Feb 2011 23:24 | PhysicsBy studying cellular movements at the level of both the individual cell and the collective group, applied physicists have discovered that migrating tissues flow very much like colloidal…
Careful cleaning of children's skin wounds key to healing, regardless of antibiotic choice
— 21 Feb 2011 17:42 | HealthWhen it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be…
Experimental approach may improve healing of diabetic wounds and bed sores
— 9 Feb 2011 17:41 | HealthLoyola University Health System researchers are reporting on a promising new approach to treating diabetic wounds, bed sores, chronic ulcers and other slow-to-heal wounds…
Iowa State, Ames Lab researcher developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks
— 8 Jan 2011 13:42 | TechnologyMichael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies…
Ubiquitous sugar molecule could be key to repairing deep wound without scarring
— 13 Dec 2010 16:34 | HealthBlocking fragments of the sugar molecule hyaluronan that triggers inflammation could be the key to robust healing and less scarring in deep wounds, Canadian researchers reported at…
Dressing indicates infections
— 17 Nov 2010 09:54 | HealthWhether a small cut with a fruit knife, a surgical wound or a major injury caused by a fall - the body's defence and repair system leaps into action and tries to close the wound as…
Researchers develop more reliable, less expensive synthetic graft material
— 23 Oct 2010 18:14 | HealthWith a failure rate as high as 50 percent, bone tissue grafts pose a significant obstacle to orthopaedic surgeons attempting to repair complex fractures or large areas of bone loss,…
Ultrasound device improves poor bone healing
— 8 Oct 2010 12:51 | HealthUltrasound can speed the healing of fractures. A randomised controlled trial reported in the open access journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has found that the use of low-intensity…