Purdue Landscape Report: Trees are incredible survivors in spite of the challenges from pests of all kinds, including us! They are vulnerable to injuries such as mechanical wounds from lawn equipment, ...

Traces of Lives Cut Short: Bread on a Park Bench, Blood Pooled Nearby The violence of war is often random. Those who suffer most are the civilians caught in the middle.

Patient genetics is linked to chronic wound microbiome composition and healing. PLOS Pathogens , 2020; 16 (6): e1008511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008511 Cite This Page : ...

Whether a wound -- such as a diabetic foot ulcer -- heals or progresses to a worse outcome, including infection or even amputation, may depend on the microbiome within that wound.

New Keck Medicine of USC research published in Advances in Wound Care suggests there may be a more effective method to detect bacteria during wound debridement.

It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.