Doctors Are Using Fish Skin How?!

Doctors in Brazil are using a new therapy—the skin of Tilapia fish—to reduce trauma in severe burn victims. In clinical studies involving about 50 patients, this biological dressing—which took a team of researchers more than two years to develop—relieved pain better and was easier to manage than traditional burn therapies.

Doctors Use Fish Skin to Treat Burns The Sun— Doctors in Brazil are using a new therapy—the skin of Tilapia fish—to reduce trauma in severe burn victims. In clinical studies involving about 50 patients, this biological dressing—which took a team of researchers more than two years to develop—relieved pain better and was easier to manage than traditional burn therapies. Read More →

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