To detect wound complications as soon as they happen, researchers have invented a battery-free “smart suture” that can wirelessly sense and transmit information about wounds from deep surgical sites.

Results presented here showed negative pressure wound therapy is a safe adjunct for soft tissue sarcoma treated with ...

The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds. The app will use heat ...

Infectious wounds represent a critical challenge in health care, especially for diabetic patients grappling with ineffective antibiotics and escalating drug resistance. Conventional therapies often ...

Avoid unnecessary tests and antibiotics by applying evidence-based, cost-conscious infectious-disease decision-making, with ...

WORCESTER — Bodily wounds that persist or that won't go away — aka “chronic wounds” — can be potentially deadly. Diabetics can develop sores that can fester. Nursing home patients develop bed sores ...

Chronic infected wounds can take over daily life, especially for people living with diabetes. These wounds often refuse to heal, cause constant pain, and invite dangerous infections that resist ...

A bad wound can happen anywhere: at home, on the job, in the yard or on the street. One moment you’re going about your day, and the next you’re staring ...