MEXICO CITY — Gently holding a baby hummingbird between her hands, Catia Lattouf says, “Hello, cute little guy. Are you very hungry?” It’s the newest patient at her apartment in a toney section of Mexico City where she has nursed hundreds of the tiny birds back to health over the past decade. Under Lattouf’s caress, … Read more
We’re truly on the cutting edge of medicine, now. A “smart” bandage is on the horizon, as researchers develop a product that can monitor healing and provide antibiotics to the injury site, as well as stimulate the growth of tissue with electrical signals. Led by professor of medical engineering Dr. Wei Gao, California Institute of … Read more
Scientists have developed a “smart” bandage that can heal a serious wound 25% faster than the average bandage. The battery-free flexible device monitors the injury and simultaneously delivers targeted healing treatments, a paper published in Nature Biotechnology reported. “In sealing the wound, the smart bandage protects as it heals,” lead researcher Yuanwen Jiang, a professor … Read more