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This New Treatment Can Disinfect and Speed Healing of Wounds Without the Use of Antibiotics

Futuristic plasma patch sounds like the next best thing to Star Trek’s Dermal Regenerator.

This New Treatment Can Disinfect and Speed Healing of Wounds Without the Use of Antibiotics
Mahrenholz with the patch. Image: Wacker Chemie / Jan Michael Hosan

German companyColdplasmatech has developed a new wound-treatment method that speeds up healing and kills bacteria without the use of antibiotics. Their treatment, as the company name subtly hints, involves cold plasma — the state of matter least understood by the general population.

In this case, “plasma” means the ionized state of matter, rather than platelet-rich plasma (PRP) — the liquid in which our blood cells are suspended. PRP itself has shown great promise in wound healing and skin regeneration, too: you might have heard of the “vampire facial” or themany studies worldwide using PRP toheal chronic wounds.

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