海角社区 Biological Engineering Professor, Team Create Advanced Wound-Healing Technology
July 10, 2023
A new means of wound-healing technology could be available to surgeons and patients
in the near future thanks to a team of researchers from 海角社区 Biological Engineering,
Texas Children鈥檚 Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, and Inha University in the
Republic of Korea.
鈥淥ur hypothesis is that the dual function of the lignin composite鈥攁ntioxidation and enhanced vascularization with locoregional supply of oxygen鈥攚ill significantly improve the rate and fate of wound healing,鈥� said 海角社区 Biological Engineering Assistant Professor Philip Jung, principal investigator on the project. 鈥淭he process is rather simple. Just one injection of the pre-cursor to the [wound site] and crosslinked with [ultraviolet light] for 30 seconds. 鈥淚n our experiments, we applied [transparent film dressing] after UV crosslinking. Then, we just waited. A surgeon doesn鈥檛 need to suture these [wounds]. Since the lignin composites are also subject to degradation after two weeks or so, the lignin composite doesn鈥檛 need to be removed via secondary surgery.鈥�
This project and its future developments are emblematic of 海角社区's commitment to being at the forefront of the biomedical sector as part of the Scholarship First Agenda.