A common problem in wound care is determining what’s below the surface of the bandage. Once a dressing is applied, doctors need to know whether or not the wound below it is healing. It is common ...

LOS ANGELES -- The basic bandage that has remained similar in design for years could be getting a high-tech upgrade. Researchers are developing "smart bandages" which may have the ability to analyze ...

Engineers have designed a sticking bandage that releases medicine in response to changes in skin temperature. Designed by Xuanhe Zhao, associate professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's ...

A few drops of water can make drug-delivering patches melt away from the skin. The patches hold rows of tiny spikes, or microneedles, that researchers can load with medicine or vaccines. When pressed ...