Sam Brusco, Associate Editor03.07.19
Changing bandages covering a large wound or burn is never a pleasant experience. If there’s any sort of adhesive involved, and depending on the location of the injury, chances are some hairs will be ripped out. Almost always, a thin film of adhesive will be left behind. There’s a reason “rip the Band-Aid off” has become a popular colloquialism—when something painful must be done, it’s better to experience the pain all at once rather than slowly peeling it away.
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST)—MISIS, Central European Institute of Technology, and a number of other universities recently developed a biocompatible material with antibacterial properties to drastically change the process of bandaging a wound. The biocompatible dressing material acts locally on the focus on inflammation, and doesn’t require changing—especially important to prevent the risk of infection. Traditional bandages reopen the possibility of infection once they are removed to reapply an antibiotic, or simply during replacement. After releasing the antibiotic incorporated into the materi
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST)—MISIS, Central European Institute of Technology, and a number of other universities recently developed a biocompatible material with antibacterial properties to drastically change the process of bandaging a wound. The biocompatible dressing material acts locally on the focus on inflammation, and doesn’t require changing—especially important to prevent the risk of infection. Traditional bandages reopen the possibility of infection once they are removed to reapply an antibiotic, or simply during replacement. After releasing the antibiotic incorporated into the materi
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