Fascinating work in Nature Communications from Ladoux and coworkers showing that cells respond to certain configurations more readily than others during epithelialization. This, we believe, marries well with similar applied work done by our unit with Matt Cardinal and Dave Eisenbud back in 2008. Imagine marrying this with machine learning algorithms in an app-based system... Continue Reading →

Students Seize Mentored Summer Research Opportunities at DMU Each year, graduate and undergraduate students from the local scientific community have the opportunity to apply to participate in an intensive Mentored Student Research Program (MSRP) at Des Moines University (DMU). Selected students are able to choose from more than 30 mentors from a wide variety of... Continue Reading →

This sinister trio further linked courtesy of our colleagues Dave Margolis, et al at Penn.  For more on this, see links to here, here and here. Hoffstad O, Mitra N, Walsh J, Margolis DJ OBJECTIVE: The goal of the study was to determine whether complications of diabetes well-known to be associated with death such as... Continue Reading →

A recent publication from our team in the journal Diabetes describes newly identified mechanisms to manipulate virulence factors of bacteria. We also thought you might enjoy this figure describing the process and promise of the use of prophages.

This interview with Public Media / KJZZ's Mark Brodie on efforts being made to offset risk for connected medical devices. Also...as an added bonus watch our SALSAmigo Dave Kleidermacher and his buddy, elite hacker Graham, medjack into an infusion pump.

Evidence-based chronic ulcer care and lower limb outcomes among Pacific Northwest Veterans. - PubMed - NCBI. These data from our colleagues at the Puget Sound VA and University of Washington provide some important findings for all ulcer types. Some intriguing tidbits: 1. Debridement of Diabetic Foot Ulcers imparts a 2.5-fold greater chance of healing. 2.... Continue Reading →

Video here.  It’s the stuff of primetime TV drama – terrorists hack into a vice president’s pacemaker and assassinate him with electrical shocks to the heart. By Gabrielle Fimbres While the storyline is a work of fiction, the potential for “medjacking” – or malicious medical device hacking – is real. David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD,... Continue Reading →

Here's some fascinating data from our SALSAmigo Mohamad al Derwish in Riyadh presented at the ISDF 2015 in The Hague. The summary: Going from 60% to 90% of patients receiving a comprehensive diabetic foot exam appears to have reduced the number of ulcers by more than half. Impact of mandatory foot exam in the pre-clinic... Continue Reading →

This, from the International Society on the Diabetic Foot in the Hague Sole Searching: What happens when nearly 2 million people with diabetic foot ulcers walk into outpatient clinics? Grant Skrepnek, Joseph Mills,  David Armstrong, The University of Arizona; Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance, Tucson, AZ, United States Aim: To evaluate ambulatory clinical cases of diabetic... Continue Reading →

Partial Calcanectomy in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes: Use and Utility of a “Hurricane” Incisional Approach. Partial Calcanectomy in High-Risk Patients With Diabetes: Use and Utility of a “Hurricane” Incisional Approach Timothy K. Fisher, DPM and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD Introduction: Plantar heel ulcers in people with diabetes represent a difficult challenge to the... Continue Reading →