Getting a bandage to stick to your skin can sometimes be difficult, particularly if that skin is wet. This isn't a problem with an experimental new wound dressing however, which uses ...

In a bid to address food waste in Singapore, local scientists have developed an essential medical use for discarded durian husks. More sustainable durian: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ...

A new type of wound dressing might change burn care for the better with one amazing property: dissolvability. Surgically debriding burn wounds can be tedious for doctors and excruciating for patients.

The durian is a strange-looking tropical fruit with a greenish-yellow exterior covered completely in spikes. Food scientists from NTU Singapore have used the discarded husks of the tropical fruit to ...

Germ-killing, wound-healing, low-cost bandage made from durian husks By Ben Coxworth March 26, 2021 Prof. William Chen (left) holds up one of the hydrogel bandages and a durian husk, while PhD student ...

Food scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have made an antibacterial gel bandage using the discarded husks of the popular tropical fruit, durian. Known as the ...