LIVING bandages tailored to individuals could help cure the incurable. Early
studies suggest the dressings, which are coated with the patient’s own cells,
can mend wounds that otherwise refuse to heal.
Around 6 million people in Europe and the US have wounds that don’t heal
properly. Pressure sores, circulation problems and diseases such as diabetes can
all lead to incurable wounds. Managing them costs Britain’s National Health
Service over a billion pounds each year, a whopping 2 per cent of its budget.
And if the wounds deteriorate or become infected, limbs may have to be
amputated.
Now CellTran, a spin-off…
