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Diabetic foot ulcers are driving a wound care revolution beyond bed rest

"Doctors kept telling me, ‘Try to stay off it,’ which proved rather difficult," actor John Cleese says.
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Cell-based, gene therapy skin grafts heal large epidermolysis bullosa wounds

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cell-based, gene therapy skin graft healed large chronic wounds for patients with epidermolysis bullosa. The ...
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FDA Approves First One-Time Topical Treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Wounds

Today, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved prademagene zamikeracel cellular sheets (pz-cel, Zevaskyn), the first autologous cell-based gene therapy for treating wounds in adults and ...
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Diabetic Wounds Challenge Physicians to Alter Care

The US has a diabetic wound problem. An estimated 1 million patients with diabetes in the US develop a foot ulcer annually. These patients have a 15-fold increased risk for amputation; the American ...