Scientists used an old theory to develop a new technique that involves exposing skin cells to an electric field to make the wounds on the skin heal faster.
Researchers from Chalmers Insitute of Technology and the University of Freiburg have proposed an interesting technique that enables chronic wounds to heal faster than ever.
“Chronic wounds are a huge societal problem that we don’t hear a lot about. Our discovery of a method that may heal wounds up to three times faster can be a game changer for diabetic and elderly people, among others, who often suffer greatly from wounds that won’t heal,”Using electric stimulation to repair woundsof Americans i.e., over eight million people in the US alone, experience chronic wounds at least once.
It means that the cells of our skin are sensitive to electric current. So when placed in an electric field, the cells are likely to start moving toward the direction of the area. Using this hypothesis as the base of their study, the researchers conducted an interesting experiment.They created a biochip containing cultured skin cells with properties similar to human skin cells. Next, they chose two cells and made wounds on them.
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