Wound Healing Tips: If someone gets hurt, then a wound occurs. Our body heals any wound naturally, which takes a few days. Many people's wounds heal quickly, while some people may take several weeks ...

Rockefeller scientists uncovered how hair follicle stem cells can switch from growing hair to repairing skin when nutrients ...

A protein previously linked to cancer and chronic illnesses has been found to have a natural health benefit. When doctors ...

A bacterium found in the wound microbiome can accelerate healing, highlighting the potential for microbiota-based wound therapies. “This study is unique in terms of bringing light on the good part of ...

The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, or maintaining hair growth. But as research from Rockefeller University has ...

Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly – in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers ...

BOSTON – A parasitic worm could help skin wounds heal faster and better. Skin wounds must close quickly to avoid infection but this rapid closure promotes the formation of scar tissue rather than ...

The US has a diabetic wound problem. An estimated 1 million patients with diabetes in the US develop a foot ulcer annually.

Wound healing is a complex phenomenon depending on organ-specific features and systemic factors that are likely to impact wound metabolism. Small wounds heal within days, larger injuries take even ...

Recently, a young bear with third-degree burns was treated with tilapia skins. Recently, Dr. Jamie Peyton received a phone call from a fellow veterinarian at the California Department of Fish and ...

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries with every fiber of ...