News tagged with wound infection
Biology researchers demystify elusive war zone bacterium
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Tao Weitao, a researcher in the College of Sciences' Department of Biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio is making great strides in a project that was funded one year ago by the San Antonio Area Foundation. The ...
The decision about the incision: Is midline or transverse better for abdominal surgery?
Jun 30, 2009 |
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An unusual study at the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital examined for the first time whether the incision technique used in major abdominal surgery had an effect on the results. Neither ...
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Could Carbon Dioxide Replace Antibiotics in Surgery?
Feb 04, 2009 |
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The journal Medical Hypotheses , an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2008 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Written by Mikael Persson and Jan van der Linden from the Karolinska Institute in Swe ...
A second skin
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Despite advances in treatment regimens and the best efforts of nurses and doctors, about 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at ...
Study uses bone marrow stem cells to regenerate skin
Jan 14, 2009 |
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A new study suggests that adult bone marrow stem cells can be used in the construction of artificial skin. The findings mark an advancement in wound healing and may be used to pioneer a method of organ reconstruction. The ...
Skin care: new research into scar-free healing
Jan 21, 2008 |
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New research from the University of Bristol shows that by suppressing one of the genes that normally switches on in wound cells, wounds can heal faster and reduce scarring. This has major implications not ...
'Alien'-type viruses to treat MRSA
Apr 01, 2008 |
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New methods that involve sticking thousands of bacteria-killing viruses to wound dressings are offering ways to prevent hospital operating theatres from spreading infections, scientists heard today at the Society for General ...
Wound monitor 'sniffs out' infections
Mar 14, 2006 |
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The University of Manchester has received £1m to develop a new device able to 'sniff out' harmful infections. The funding will be used to create a non-invasive wound monitor to treat patients with severe burns, skin ulcers ...
Research elucidates way lungs fight bacteria and prevent infection
Jan 23, 2009 |
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Actor and pancreatic cancer patient Patrick Swayze's recent hospitalization with pneumonia as a result of his compromised immune system underscores the sensitivity of the lungs: many patients die from lung complications of ...
MRSA pre-screening effective in reducing otolaryngic surgical infection rates
Jan 01, 2009 |
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Pre-operative screening of patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be an effective way to reduce infection rates following otolaryngic surgeries, according to new research published in the January ...
Nanodiamonds deliver insulin for wound healing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting ...
New approach to wound healing may be easy on skin, but hard on bacteria
Aug 19, 2009 |
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In a presentation today (Aug. 19) to the American Chemical Society meeting, Ankit Agarwal, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described an experimental approach to wound healing that could take ...
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