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Joseph Shavit

First-ever 3D treatment can revolutionize diabetes care

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have designed a new bandage treatment, known as a scaffold, to treat diabetic foot ulcers.

Joseph Shavit

Using sound and bubbles to make bandages stickier and longer lasting

Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles.

Joseph Shavit

‘Smart dressings’ both stimulate tissue repair and report on the body’s healing processes

Dressings fail to heal over 40% of leg and foot ulcers within six months and 28% of such wounds persist for for over a year.