Wound healing: an update. (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zielins, Elizabeth R; Atashroo, David A; Maan, Zeshaan N; Duscher, Dominik; Walmsley, Graham G; , Owen Marecic; Hu, Michael; Senarath-Yapa, Kshemendra; McArdle, Adrian; Tevlin, Ruth; Wearda, Taylor; Paik, Kevin J; Duldulao, Christopher; Hong, Wan Xing; Gurtner, Geoffrey C; Longaker, Michael T
• Is Part Of: Regenerative medicine. Volume 9:Number 6(2014)
• Page Start: 817
• Page End: 830
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: biomaterials -- stem cells -- tissue engineering -- wound healing; Cellular therapy -- Periodicals; Stem cells -- Transplantation -- Periodicals; Degeneration (Pathology) -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Regeneration (Biology) -- Periodicals; 611.018
• DOI: 10.2217/rme.14.54
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1746-0751

Abstract

Wounds, both chronic and acute, continue to be a tremendous socioeconomic burden. As such, technologies drawn from many disciplines within science and engineering are constantly being incorporated into innovative wound healing therapies. While many of these therapies are experimental, they have resulted in new insights into the pathophysiology of wound healing, and in turn the development of more specialized treatments for both normal and abnormal wound healing states. Herein, we review some of the emerging technologies that are currently being developed to aid and improve wound healing after cutaneous injury.