Type II diabetes is a disease that often leads to diabetic foot syndrome and characteristic chronic wounds. It is one of the most dangerous complications of diabetes, often leading to limb amputation and increasing the risk of serious infections. Unfortunately, the incidence of diabetes continues to rise, and the available methods of treating wounds in patients often prove insufficient. Therefore, the search for new, bioactive dressings that could be used in the treatment of chronic wounds in this condition is extremely necessary and important.
Dr. Mateusz Rybka from the Department of Experimental Physiology and Pathophysiology at the MUW is the author of a project co-funded by the National Science Centre Poland. The of the project is to develop a new class of keratin dressings enriched with a factor stimulating macrophage colonies. Such colonies will be capable of modulating impaired immune processes observed in chronic wounds, thereby accelerating their healing.
We invite you to read his article, published in the Research section, in which dr. Mateusz Rybka writes about his project! Page following the article "Natural biomaterials to support wound healing"