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SANUWAVE Health’s dermaPACE device effective in treating severe burns

SANUWAVE Health, Inc.,, an emerging medical technology company focused on regenerative medicine, announced that a European scientific study reporting the successful treatment of severe burns using the dermaPACE® device has been published by BURNS, the Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

9 Feb 2010

U.S. DOD awards LUHS $1.6M to continue burn research

Loyola University Health Systems (LUHS) has received a $1.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to research burn injuries, the care of burn wounds and infections and how burns affect the immune system.

18 Jan 2010

Research shows licorice root might be effective in fighting antibiotic-resistant infections

A team of scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Hospitals for Children show how a compound from licorice root (glycyrrhizin from Glycyrrhiza glabra) might be an effective tool in battling life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections resulting from severe burns.

5 Jan 2010

FDA approves additional intended use of Roche's cobas TaqScreen MPX Test

Roche announced today that the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved an additional intended use for its licensed nucleic acid test, to screen source plasma in pools comprised of up to 96 individual donations. The test, called the cobas® TaqScreen MPX Test for use on the cobas s 201 system, is a qualitative, in-vitro test for the simultaneous, direct detection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1 Group M RNA, HIV-1 Group O RNA , HIV-2 RNA), hepatitis C virus RNA and hepatitis B virus DNA in human plasma.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 2 Dec 2009

Tel Aviv University develops new wound dressing packed with infection-fighting antibiotics

Despite advances in treatment regimens and the best efforts of nurses and doctors, about 70% of all people with severe burns die from related infections. But a revolutionary new wound dressing developed at Tel Aviv University could cut that number dramatically.

18 Nov 2009

Oxygen Biotherapeutics announces its expanded product development plan

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. announced its expanded product development plan.

21 Oct 2009

Study reveals effectiveness of targeted heat therapy in addition to chemotherapy

Patients with soft-tissue sarcomas at high risk of spreading were 30% more likely to be alive and cancer free almost three years after starting treatment if their tumours were heated at the time they received chemotherapy, according to new research. The finding bolsters the case for intensifying exploration of the strategy in other types of cancer.

22 Sep 2009

Nanodiamonds hold promise for wound-healing applications

Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting infection and healing wounds: insulin.

27 Jul 2009

Recombinant human antithrombin drug decreases risk to pregnancy and surgery patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency

Pregnancy and surgery patients with a serious blood disorder that causes excessive clotting have responded well to treatment with a man-made anti-clotting protein.

8 Dec 2008

Superbug breakthrough

The week the government's chief medical officer for England, Sir Liam Donaldson, has announced that the NHS aims to create immunisation against two of the most common superbugs, MRSA and Clostridium difficile, within the next decade. But a research team led by University of Sunderland scientists has made a major breakthrough in the fight against a deadly hospital infection which kills tens of thousands of people every year, and it will be available within the next year.

17 Jul 2008

Hair cloning technique may be cure for baldness

The ability of scientists to clone hair cells in a laboratory means premature baldness could soon be a thing of the past.

3 Jun 2008

Alligator blood may provide a source of powerful new antibiotics

Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine, biochemists in Louisiana reported today at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.

7 Apr 2008

Severe Burns News and Research

SANUWAVE Health’s dermaPACE device effective in treating severe burns

U.S. DOD awards LUHS $1.6M to continue burn research

Research shows licorice root might be effective in fighting antibiotic-resistant infections

FDA approves additional intended use of Roche's cobas TaqScreen MPX Test

Tel Aviv University develops new wound dressing packed with infection-fighting antibiotics

Oxygen Biotherapeutics announces its expanded product development plan

Study reveals effectiveness of targeted heat therapy in addition to chemotherapy

Nanodiamonds hold promise for wound-healing applications

Recombinant human antithrombin drug decreases risk to pregnancy and surgery patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency

Superbug breakthrough

Hair cloning technique may be cure for baldness

Alligator blood may provide a source of powerful new antibiotics

Alligator blood extract promises to help fight superbugs

SnowWorld, an interactive, virtual-reality video game helps burn patients with pain relief

Fibrosis in the liver stopped and reversed by researchers

Discovery on manipulating skin tone and color

Modified skin cells that may help protect cultured skin substitutes from infection

Treating battlefield injuries and pain in veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq

Thermal injury induced insulin resistance is associated with the renin-angiotensin system

Plastic surgeons describe possibility of full facial tissue transplantation from one human body to another

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