An inexpensive electric bandage has now been created ... which Maggie Jakus says are a commonly used model for human wound healing. They found that “the electrical stimulation from the device ...

Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacterium found on human skin ...

These electric bandages have electrodes on one ... which are a commonly used model for human wound healing," said lead researcher Maggie Jakus, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at ...

The bandage uses an electric field to promote healing. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit Close 43° Allentown, PA ...

Built from jelly-like materials, the self-healing batteries were developed by a team at the University of Cambridge after they took inspiration from the muscle cells of electric eels. Similar to ...

"Most importantly," the fast healing of chimpanzees "implies that the slowed wound-healing seen in humans likely evolved after the divergence from our common ancestor with chimpanzees," Matsumoto ...

In a study published on Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Dr. Matsumoto-Oda and her colleagues compared the healing rates of humans, chimpanzees, monkeys and mice. They found that ...

Skin Patch Uses 'Imperceptible' Electric Zaps to Heal Wounds Without Drugs By Dennis ... a common bacterium found on human skin, researchers reported Oct. 24 in the journal Device.