Symbiotic Algae-Bacteria Dressing for Producing Hydrogen to Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing.
Huanhuan Chen, Yunfei Guo, Zhewei Zhang, Wenxuan Mao, Chenying Shen, Wei Xiong, Yingfang Yao, Xiaozhi Zhao, Yiqiao Hu, Zhigang Zou, Jinhui Wu · Nano letters · 2022
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However, most of the reported H₂ delivery systems for wound healing, including hydrogen gas, hydrogen-rich water, and hydrogen-rich saline, are very short-lived for the low solubility of hydrogen gas. This source-grounded publication contributes evidence relevant to molecular hydrogen and is retained in a transparent general research category when a more specific study design is not supported by the indexed record.
How Molecular Hydrogen Was Addressed
However, most of the reported H₂ delivery systems for wound healing, including hydrogen gas, hydrogen-rich water, and hydrogen-rich water, are very short-lived for the low solubility of hydrogen gas. Here, the researchers introduce a hydrogen-producing hydrogel made of living Chlorella and bacteria within a cell-impermeable casing that can continuously produce hydrogen for 60 h.
What the Publication Reported
Here, the researchers introduce a hydrogen-producing hydrogel made of living Chlorella and bacteria within a cell-impermeable casing that can continuously produce hydrogen for 60 h.
Authors’ Conclusion
The authors concluded that additional experiments indicated that the microbe-hydrogel dressing could promote cell proliferation and diabetic wound healing by almost 50% at day 3.