Wound healing: Genetically engineered cheese bacteria may help chronic wounds to heal

Lactococcus lactis bacteria have been engineered to produce skin-healing proteins and could be useful for treating diabetic ulcers Health 15 March 2022 By Alice Klein Lactococcus lactis bacteria seen in a scanning electron microscope image STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Cheese-making bacteria have been engineered to produce skin repair proteins that promote rapid healing when applied … Read more

Ukrainians Face Lasting Psychological Wounds from Russian Invasion

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. “Polina came to our bedroom awakened by the sound of explosions. I didn’t know and still don’t know what to tell her. Her eyes today are full of fear and terror; eyes of all of us.” Alina, a … Read more

Ukrainians Face Lasting Psychological Wounds from Russian Invasion

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. “Polina came to our bedroom awakened by the sound of explosions. I didn’t know and still don’t know what to tell her. Her eyes today are full of fear and terror; eyes of all of us.” Alina, a … Read more

Chimps Apply Insects to their Wounds

Christopher Intagliata: Chimpanzees can make tools, they display emotions, and they can outfox humans at certain memory games. But chimps also resemble us in another way—they use medicine. They’re known to eat tough leaves and bitter plants to purge parasites from their guts.   Now researchers have observed chimps applying a never-before-seen type of treatment—snatching flying … Read more

Chimpanzees spotted apparently using insects to treat their wounds

Chimps at Loango National Park in Gabon apply small winged insects to their wounds in an apparent form of self-medication, but it is unclear why Life 7 February 2022 By Chen Ly Chimpanzees Suzee, Sassandra and Olive live in Loango National Park in Gabon Tobias Deschner/ Ozouga Chimpanzee Project A community of chimpanzees in Loango … Read more

Chimps Use Insects to Soothe Each Other’s Wounds in Never-Before-Seen Behavior

In 2019, Alessandra Mascaro, a volunteer and budding evolutionary biologist for The Loango Chimpanzee Project, noticed something no other primatologist in Africa had reported before.   In the forests of Gabon, while following and filming a female chimpanzee Suzee and her son Sia, Mascaro noticed Suzee clamp something tiny between her lips, before applying the … Read more

Wound healing: Dressing works like duct tape to seal internal wounds

Wounds in the gut can cause dangerous infections, but a sticky medical dressing can patch them up and allow them to heal Technology 2 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins A duct tape-inspired bandage bioadhesive patch Xuanhe Zhao et al. A transparent dressing inspired by duct tape has been shown to quickly heal internal injuries in … Read more