First human trials for scar-less wound healing cream

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March First human trials for scar-less wound healing cream First human trials for scar-less wound healing cream 31/03/2021 | 4 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have partnered with industry to conduct a world-first study to investigate a new product that has the potential to prevent or reduce scars forming after trauma and particularly following burn injury. Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts Dr Mark Fear and Professor Fiona Wood, from LIT Medical School and the Skin Integrity Research Institute LIT, are working with industry partner pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis Ltd, clinical trials facility Linear Clinical, the Burn Injury Research Unit and Burns Service at Fiona Stanley Hospital. ΓÇ£This new compound may potentially avoid the need for invasive procedures such as further surgery or laser procedures.ΓÇ¥ Dr Sandy-Hodgetts Dr Sandy-Hodgetts said skin scars placed a substantial physical and psychological burden on patients. ΓÇ£Current treatments aim to rectify the scar in the acute phase such as during wound healing and scar m

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 March First human trials for scar-less wound healing cream First human trials for scar-less wound healing cream 31/03/2021 | 4 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have partnered with industry to conduct a world-first study to investigate a new product that has the potential to prevent or reduce scars forming after trauma and particularly following burn injury.

Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts Dr Mark Fear and Professor Fiona Wood, from LIT Medical School and the Skin Integrity Research Institute LIT, are working with industry partner pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis Ltd, clinical trials facility Linear Clinical, the Burn Injury Research Unit and Burns Service at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

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