On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
A new review asks whether we can move from patching to regrowing — and what stands between lab-bench organoids and the clinic.
An ambitious review from Huang and coworkers Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), one of the most serious complications of diabetes, are essentially chronic, nonhealing wounds caused by diabetic neuropathy, vascular disease, and bacterial infection. Given its pathogenesis, the DFU microenvironment is rather complicated and characterized by hyperglycemia, ischemia, hypoxia, hyperinflammation, and persistent infection. However, the current... Continue Reading →
