Topical Gel Helps Burn Wounds Heal Faster Using an Existing FDA-Approved Drug (IMAGE)

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Topical Gel Helps Burn Wounds Heal Faster Using an Existing FDA-Approved Drug

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(Left to Right) Dr. Meenakshi Kamaraj, Dr. Rahul Velikkakath Gopi, and Principal Investigator, Dr. Johnson V. John, developed a 4-aminopyridine-loaded laponite-gelatin gel shown to achieve near-complete burn wound closure in 21 days in preclinical studies.

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