A team of University of Mississippi researchers is developing a way to use 3D-printed medicated patches to help close ...

Testosterone can potentiate S. aureus quorum sensing independent of auto-inducing peptides, increasing toxin release and host-cell damage, whereas progesterone and estrogen do not show the same effect ...

It’s notoriously difficult for doctors to identify a wound that is becoming infected. Clinical signs and symptoms are imprecise and methods of identifying bacteria can be time-consuming and ...

The fight against skin infections could do without antibiotics. Researchers are exploring a radical solution: targeted electrical pulses. An innovative patch, applied directly to the skin, could ...

A novel ε-poly-L-lysine-loaded sodium-alginate/gelatin hydrogel (PSG15) has shown exceptional promise in accelerating the healing of infected wounds. This multifunctional injectable hydrogel delivers ...

NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital has opened a wound care clinic to expand access to specialized ...

Men are more susceptible than women to skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, but the biological basis for ...

Staphylococcus bacteria live on skin and can cause a staph infection if they enter the bloodstream. Staph infections can involve a range of symptoms, like vomiting, rashes or inflamed skin, and fever.

Natural killer cells do not just kill cancer cells or cells infected with viruses, they also mediate a trade-off between wound healing and bacterial defense in skin wounds. If the healing process is ...