Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed. Companies will no longer be able to market antibacterial washes with these ingredients because manufacturers did not demonstrate that the ingredients are both safe for long-term daily…

A research team led by investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has generated functional human and mouse tissue-engineered liver from adult stem and progenitor cells. Tissue-engineered Liver (TELi) was found to contain normal structural components such as hepatocytes, bile ducts and blood vessels. The study has been published online in…

MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG), the leading regenerative medicine company utilizing human amniotic tissue and patent-protected processes to develop and market advanced products and therapies for the Wound Care, Surgical, Orthopedic, Spine, Sports Medicine, Ophthalmic, and Dental sectors of healthcare, announced today an update to  its intellectual property portfolio.…

At some point in their lives, 15 percent of people with diabetes will develop a painful and hard-to-treat foot ulcer. Twenty-four percent of those affected will require a lower-leg amputation because of it. And, in some instances, what seems like a harmless sore might even lead to death. A Northwestern Engineering team has developed a…

Copper is used in everything from automobiles to air conditioners, but it has one property that makes it especially attractive for medical uses: It kills bacteria A burgeoning opportunity for copper producers relies on a simple premise: that the base metal is good for your health. Copper is used in everything from construction to electrical…

A deep-water marine sponge that contains leiodermatolide has the ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and block cancer cells from dividing using extremely low concentrations of the natural compound. Scientists at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute found that a deep-water marine sponge collected off of Fort Lauderdale’s coast contains leiodermatolide, a…

A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University and Harvard University has devised a new non-invasive method to prevent burn scarring caused by the proliferation of collagen cells. They are using short, pulsed electric fields prevent the formation of burn-related hypertrophic scars — raised tissue caused by excessive amounts of collagen. Research for the study…

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has begun the clinical trial of a vaccine intended to prevent infection of the Zika virus. The study will comprise at least 80 healthy participants aged 18 – 35 and aims to assess the vaccine’s safety and ability to…

Derma Sciences (NSDQ:DSCI) said today it is buying regenerative medicine developer BioD for $21.3 million up front, with the possibility of an additional $56.5 million. The deal between Princeton, N.J.-based Derma Sciences and Cordova, Tenn.-based BioD includes regulatory milestone payments up to $30 million and earn outs based on net sales growth of up to $26.5 million. “The acquisition…

Think twice before killing the next cockroach you find in your apartment. A team of scientists at India’s Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine discovered that cockroach milk may be the greatest superfood of them all. The Pacific beetle cockroach (the only kind that gives birth to live young) feeds it’s babies by lactating…