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Mar 14, 2020

Electrical Field May Speed Wound Healing

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

O.o circa 2019.


A scientist in Wisconsin has invented a bandage that uses an electrical field to speed up the time needed for a wound to heal. It could one day lead to treatments for baldness and obesity.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

This next story reveals another of the wonders of electric power. A scientist in Wisconsin invented an electrical bandage, which speeds up the time it takes a wound to heal. This same approach, we’re told, may someday help overweight people shed pounds and bald people to grow new hair. Let’s plug in this story by NPR’s Joe Palca.

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