Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have ...

Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future—a "lab on skin" that could not only help patients and caregivers monitor the status of ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new adhesive bandage to better cover and protect a wound on the finger or toe," said an inventor, from Shawnee, Okla., "so I invented ...

While technologies to measure water vapor loss do exist, they are large, cumbersome machines that largely reside within hospital settings. A new device that measures changes in water vapor, carbon ...

In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year. By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas Sarah Kliff ...