Now all types of abrasions can be treated by using new type of bandage which researchers have created with an inspiration from fetal skin.
Team of international researchers has been inspired by fetal skin and in response to that inspiration they have claimed to create heat activated gel like bandage which will be able to heal any sort of wound and cure it like it was never hurt.
The very characteristic of fetal skin is that it can be redeveloped completely after any injury without even leaving a scar of damage. Protein fibers are produced rapidly by embryonic cells just after an injury. These protein cells then close the wound tightly and contract the adjoining skin of womb.
Gizmodo explicated that adults’ skin can also be regenerated to some extent but nowhere to before.
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It has been figured out by the scientists that our skin can be healed into a younger self. Labelled the active adhesive dressings, they are made of ‘thermoresponsive tough adhesive hydrogels that integrate high stretch ability, toughness, tissue adhesion, and antimicrobial function’.
The bandage is stimulated when exposed to body heat. It has advanced adhesive sticker material than normal injury bandage has. It catalyzes the healing process with the help of silver nanoparticles present in it. these particles have antimicrobial characteristics.
When this bandage was tested on pig and mouse skin. It catalyzed the process of healing and closed the wound much quicker than the conventional bandages. It was safe to use as there was no response by an immune system. A model was also developed on computer which resulted in same results on human skin as there were on the skin of mice.
Furthermore, team believes that these dressings can also be used to heal difficult to treat skin injuries like ulcers not just for nasty cuts and scrapes. In a meanwhile, design could also be tailored for other medical purposes.
David Mooney enlightened that this technology can heal chronic wounds including diabetic ulcers and pressure sores, for drug delivery and as components of soft robotics-based therapies along with skin injuries.
Authors said that for future they will study if these dressings can work as well under various medical scenarios and conditions, like colder weather that can affect the skin’s temperature.