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12/05/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

A traditional Indian ethnomedicine displays powerful wound-healing properties

A study by researchers from Cairo University showed that the ammania waterwort (Bergia ammannioides) has great potential as a wound treatment. This study, which was published in the journal Pharmaceutical Biology, used in vitro and in vivo experiments to determine the biological activities of the plant. For a wound to heal, it has to undergo three steps, […]

10/22/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

A species of sea snail found to hasten wound recovery

A study, published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, showed the potential of Haliotis diversicolor shell in treating burns. The group of researchers, which was composed of scientists from National Sun Yat-sen University, I-Shou University, and China Medical University, looked into the effects of H. diversicolor on in vivo and in vitro models for burn injuries. […]

09/18/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo

The wound healing properties of the Haliotis diversicolor shell (abalone)

Researchers have revealed that the shell of Haliotis diversicolor, known as shijueming or abalone, has potential in treating burns. The study, which was published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, used in vitro and in vivo models to evaluate the effect of H. diversicolor on wound healing. The shell of H. diversicolor is a traditional Chinese medicine used to […]

07/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers document how the asthma plant (Euphorbia hirta) can be used to promote wound healing in diabetics

A Bangladeshi study demonstrated that the asthma plant (Euphorbia hirta) could encourage the healing process in diabetic animals. When the plant’s ethanolic extract was administered to diabetic rats via oral and topical means, the wounds closed faster compared to untreated animals. The study was supported by Primeasia University. The researchers published their findings in the […]

07/02/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Food waste from fish found to have a biomedical application: Collagen in fish scales promotes wound healing

“Let food be your medicine” gets a slightly different take with this study: Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have discovered a novel use for fish scales, which are commonly discarded in the cooking process. Their study, published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia, found that the collagen present in fish scales has the potential to be used in various […]

06/05/2018 / By Janine Acero

An endangered salamander could help scientists develop new treatment options for spinal cord injuries

Living tissue can heal over time after an injury. This process is called regeneration, and some animals can regenerate certain body parts in a manner that far surpasses our own. Some injuries are severe enough, such as spinal cord injury, that the damaged nerves cannot be rebuilt. On the other hand, some animals have no problem […]

02/27/2018 / By David Williams

Researchers develop method to eliminate scarring by getting wounds to heal as normal skin instead of scar tissue

There are many changes going on beneath the surface of your skin whenever you have a wound that heals all the way to completion. Now, researchers have figured out a way to make it so that wounds that heal don’t turn into scar tissue, turning them into normal skin instead. This is the result of a […]

11/11/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Don’t get injured at night… Researchers discover cell repair driven by circadian rhythm; wounds heal 60% faster during the day

Are you scheduled for some kind of surgery in the near future? You might want to request that it take place in the daytime. A recent study by researchers from the U.K.’s Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, published in the journal Translational Medicine, has found that wounds inflicted during the day heal […]

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