Healing with soft vs stiff hydrogel (IMAGE)

Duke University

Healing with soft vs stiff hydrogel

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A new look at how blood vessels grow and heal after a wound. The soft hydrogel-treated wounds (left) show significantly more vessels than the stiff condition (right), suggesting slower vessel remodeling in the soft group and overall slower healing compared to the stiff-treated one.

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Duke University

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