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SUBMITTER: Mirani B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5845857 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Mirani Bahram B Pagan Erik E Currie Barbara B Siddiqui Mohammad Ali MA Hosseinzadeh Reihaneh R Mostafalu Pooria P Zhang Yu Shrike YS Ghahary Aziz A Akbari Mohsen M
Advanced healthcare materials 20170925 19
Wound management is a major global challenge and poses a significant financial burden to the healthcare system due to the rapid growth of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and aging population. The ability to detect pathogenic infections and release drug at the wound site is of the utmost importance to expedient patient care. Herein, this study presents an advanced multifunctional dressing (GelDerm) capable of colorimetric measurement of pH, an indicator of bacterial infection, and rel ...[more]