Wound Healing
In Australia, it’s estimated that treating all wound types costs about $3 billion dollars each year and affects more than 400,000 people. Current treatment of complex wounds requires complex care and relies on the painful removal of dying tissue, surgical dressings, and antibiotics to prevent infection. In most cases, multiple procedures are required to close the wound. This often includes further surgery using grafted tissue. All this can cause donor site pain and morbidity, rejection of the transplanted tissue and additional surgical wounds.
In collaboration with RPH Research Foundation, we are working towards tissue regeneration to accelerate the wound healing process and, ultimately, achieve scar-less, regenerative repair.