Washing Away Painful Wounds
More than six million people in the U.S. suffer from persistent wounds — open sores that never seem to heal or, once apparently healed, return with a vengeance. “The problem is chronic,” says Prof. Amihay Freeman of TAU’s Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. To solve it, he’s developed a unique device that uses a solution to whisk away dead tissue, bathing the wound while keeping dangerous bacteria away.Prof. Freeman’s “Dermastream” provides an enzyme-based solution that flows continuously over the wound, offering an alternative treatment to combat a problem for which current treatments are costly and labor-intensive.
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