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Phase III trial shows gene therapy skin grafts help heal chronic wounds in blistering skin disease

Medical Xpress

Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient's own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown.

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Engineering team develops multifunctional tendon-mimetic hydrogels

Medical Xpress

Repairing or replacing injured tendons or similar load-bearing tissues represents one of the major challenges in clinical medicine. Natural tendons are water-rich tissues exhibiting outstanding mechanical strength and durability.

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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago. You don’t have to build it from scratch. Kennedy, Jr.

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Portable Assay Offers Rapid, Low-Cost TB Diagnoses

Physician's Weekly

Researchers have engineered a portable “lab‑in‑tube” (LIT) assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DNA directly from blood, saliva, or sputum in less than 60 minutes at a relatively low cost, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.

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Review of Gelatin Hydrogel Dressings Based on Cross-Linking Technology in the Healing of Hemorrhagic Wounds: Mechanism Exploration, Application Research, and Future Perspectives.

Physician's Weekly

Emerging opportunities in anti-cancer drug delivery, food science, bone regeneration, and tissue engineering are also discussed. © 2025 Wiley‐VCH GmbH. The post Review of Gelatin Hydrogel Dressings Based on Cross-Linking Technology in the Healing of Hemorrhagic Wounds: Mechanism Exploration, Application Research, and Future Perspectives.

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FDA Releases Final Guidance on Use of Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations

FDA Law Blog

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As an end of the year gift, FDA finalized its guidance document, Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations , in late December. The guidance addresses the use of DHTs in clinical investigations of drugs, biologics, and medical devices.

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Accelerating pathogen identification in infants and children with bloodstream infections

Medical Xpress

The advance enables accurate pathogen detection with a combination of unprecedented sensitivity and speed, and could significantly improve clinical outcomes for pediatric and older patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs) and sepsis. The findings were published in PLoS ONE.