Researchers develop wound dressing that can reveal infection

[Jessica-stormlover]

Researchers develop wound dressing that can reveal infection

Researchers develop wound dressing that can reveal infection

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, published in Materials Today Bio, is one further step on the road to a new type of wound care.

phys.org

by Linköping University

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, published in Materials Today Bio, is one further step on the road to a new type of wound care.

The skin is the largest organ of the human body. A wound disrupts the normal function of the skin and can take a long time to heal, be very painful for the patient, and may—in a worst-case scenario—lead to death if not treated correctly. Also, hard-to-heal wounds pose a great burden on society, representing about half of all costs of out-patient care.

In traditional wound care, dressings are changed regularly, about every two days. To check whether the wound is infected, care staff have to lift the dressing and make an assessment based on appearance and tests. This is a painful procedure that disturbs wound healing as the scab breaks repeatedly. The risk of infection also increases every time the wound is exposed.

Researchers at Linköping University, in collaboration with colleagues from Örebro and Luleå Universities, have now developed a wound dressing made of nanocellulose that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process.

Way cool! This will lives and will help in the afford of recovery.

 

[luiza]

Sounds impressive and you are ahead of me on this one .
But will DMOR

Bit cautious about nano technology because of all the metal nano particles found in the Killer Shots . Hard science not conspiracy garbage .

Apart from a dressing being an obvious way to get toxins into the system you can also introduce self assembling structures whch act as receivers and would communicate with the brain.etc
As with all new discoveries it seems there is huge capacity for both good and evil .

From memory :-Check out Charles Lieber a Harvard University Professor who was arrested by the FBI 2/3 years ago for selling intellectual property to China . A world expert on nano tachnology within vaccine delivery . He seems to have disappeared
Smells .