Federal regulators created fresh confusion around a controversial subset of wound care products during a 10-day period in which they issued and then withdrew new Medicare coverage guidance.

Skin from cod and tilapia is being used to treat burns and other skin damage. Icelandic biotechnology company Kerecis has developed an FDA-approved cod-skin treatment that can speed up burn healing ...

The changes to end-of-life skin wound classification in the most recent Minimum Data Set update are ultimately a positive for long-term care, but regulatory ambiguity and potential legal concerns ...

Doctors were able to successfully treat her by using fish skin and a medical-grade honey solution to heal her wound Now 3 years old, Eliana is healthy and thriving, and her mother calls her “my little ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SAWC – Kerecis today announced the publication of a multi-disciplinary clinical consensus about the utilization of fish skin grafts on complex wounds. The consensus paper ...

When he was 10 years old, Joseph Connell was burned on 30% of his body. His leg was so severely damaged the wound went down to the bone, and doctors told him he would never walk again. Connell had 360 ...

The bioengineered creation has the full thickness of natural skin and was able to speed healing and reduce scarring in animal experiments. Reading time 2 minutes A team of scientists may have ...

Wound healing happens in four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. In the inflammation stage, ...