An experimental nanoparticle therapy cuts in half the time wounds take to heal compared to natural healing. The therapy has already been tested successfully in mice and will soon be tried on pigs, whose skin is similar to that of humans. If it reaches clinical use in humans, this sort of nanoparticle therapy could be used to speed healing of surgical incisions, chronic skin ulcers, and everyday cuts and burns and other wounds... Continue Reading Nanoparticles help wounds to heal 50 percent faster
Section: Medical
Tags: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Burns, Nanoparticles, Skin, Wound
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