A multidisciplinary research team discovers how cells know to rush to a wound and heal it -- opening the door to new treatments for diabetes, heart disease and cancerThese are leader cells...

Targeted therapeutic agent increases a needed protein in diabetic patients, potentially preventing foot amputationsA foot ulcer is typically a painful inconvenience to most people, but to a...

A major complication associated with diabetes is delayed cell replication in epithelium and skin.

Research led by scientists in Dr. Song Hong's group at LSU Health New Orleans has identified a novel family of chemical mediators that rescue the reparative functions of macrophages (a main type of...

For the treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers, researchers report high healing rates with dehydrated human amniotic membrane allografts.

Patients were twice as likely to have a diabetic foot ulcer heal within eight weeks when they were treated with a tissue repair drug versus a placebo, according to new research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).Foot ulcers are a common complication from diabetes than can lead to hospitalization and lower limb amputation.

Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of microvascular complications, which develop when the body's small blood vessels become diseased. One of the most common problems results when wounds fail to heal properly, which can lead to ulcers, chronic infections, and in the most serious cases, limb amputations.

ACell, Inc., a leading regenerative medicine company focused on the development, manufacturing and commercialization of tissue repair products, has announced it has initiated, with multiple patients enrolled, a U.S.

Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a metabolic disorder that affects nearly 170 million people worldwide, is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that disrupts carbohydrate fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. DM can cause long-term damage, dysfunction and even failure of various organs.

A new study just released shows that among patients undergoing surgery for chronic wounds related to diabetes, the risk of wound-related complications is affected by how well the patient's blood sugar levels are controlled before surgery.