Surgical Dressing Promotes Regeneration without Cancer
November 8, 2022 | Terry Sharrer
“A surgical dressing synthesized by an international research team enhances photothermal therapy following melanoma resection, destroys remaining cancer cells and simultaneously regenerates healthy cells within the resection site. The dressing combines graphene oxide as a photothermal agent, elastin and ethanol. The latter serves to chemically reduce the graphene oxide, making photothermal therapy more efficient and forming an antiseptic component within the dressing. The dressings described in Advanced Functional Materials only require 15 seconds of irradiation with near-infrared light every 48 hours to produce effective photothermal therapy. Patients could even administer this light therapy by themselves at home.” MORE
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