Although silver is highly effective at killing bacteria, it can also be toxic to humans in large amounts. That's where a new wound dressing is intended to come in, as it only releases its silver ...

Less than a decade ago, CLABSIs were considered the most pervasive of all hospital-associated illnesses (HAIs). Across the United States, 500,000 patients contracted a CLABSI between 1990-2010—an ...

Silvadene (silver sulfadiazine) cream is a topical antibacterial drug used to treat or prevent bacterial infections associated with burns. It works against a wide range of microorganisms that cause ...

Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of fibroblasts embedded in a collagen hydrogel. Wounds were ...

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.K. and Australia has developed a nontraditional ointment to treat skin wound infections based on a molecule found in the sap of a ...

Australian researchers have flagged some promising new approaches to treat severe burns that could save lives and dramatically improve patient recovery. Severe burns remain one of the most challenging ...

Second-degree burns are among the most challenging injuries to manage due to their varying depths and healing potentials. Traditionally, the lack of standardized treatment protocols has led to ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...