Hydrogel bandage uses body heat to speed wound healing

With a few experimental exceptions, bandages generally just cover wounds, as opposed to actively healing them. That's not the case with a new heat-activated "active adhesive dressing" (AAD), however, which forgoes antibiotics while mimicking embryonic skin.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Dressings
• Harvard
• Healing
• Hydrogels
• Injuries
• McGill University
• Smart bandage
• Wound

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