So, they've developed a survival strategy, learning to differentiate between infected and uninfected wounds and administering ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which were recently detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

If you’ve ever had surgery, you know firsthand how important it is to keep the wound from getting infected. There are special conductive sutures that sense changes in wound status via electrical ...

Through the course of the war, physicians had to learn how to judge the severity of the wound, recognize the potential for serious infection, and decide on the best course of treatment ...

Oil-based substances, such as petroleum jelly, appear to disrupt this important process, and might increase the risk of wound infection, they say in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

and The University of Manchester has been awarded more than £1.74 million to develop a new type of wound dressing which could prevent wound infection and help improve healing. Professor Jason Wong, ...