Electric Stimulation Method Accelerates Wound Healing Threefold
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Summary
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and University of Freiburg have developed a method using electric stimulation to accelerate wound healing by up to three times. The technology builds on the concept that skin cells are electrotactic and can be guided to heal wounds faster, potentially revolutionizing treatment for chronic wounds in diabetic and elderly patients who often suffer from non-healing wounds that can lead to serious complications including amputation.
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"Electric guidance of cells for faster healing"
"The researchers worked from an old hypothesis that electric stimulation of damaged skin can be used to heal wounds. The idea is that skin cells are electrotactic"
Chronic wounds are a major health problem for diabetic patients and the elderly – in extreme cases they can even lead to amputation. Using electric stimulation, researchers in a project at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University o
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