From honey poultices to superglued cuts, explore some of the weirdest wound care hacks ever attempted – and why knowing the ...

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

Caltech’s iCares bandage samples fluid and tracks wound biomarkers to detect infection early and predict healing outcomes.

Traumatic lacerations are a common condition seen in the emergency department (ED), accounting for approximately 8% of visits or an estimated 7 to 9 million lacerations treated each year. 1 There are ...

Researchers Create Gel That Can Self-Heal Like Human Skin Mar. 7, 2025 — Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties ...

Researchers have created a map of human skin that uses genomics and other ... of human skin on top of their known functions in wound healing and fighting off infections. "With our prenatal human ...

The fly gets its name for how its maggots feed on an animal by burrowing, or screwing, into an open wound, creating "extension damage by tearing at the hosts' tissue with sharp mouth hooks," the ...

Whenever your skin is injured – whether by accident or from surgery – your body works to repair the wound. As your skin heals, a scar may form, as this is a natural part of the healing process. Here ...