Development and use of biomaterials as wound healing therapies

Rachael Zoe Murray; Zoe Elizabeth West; Allison June Cowin; Brooke Louise Farrugia

doi:10.1186/s41038-018-0139-7

Development and use of biomaterials as wound healing therapies

Burns Trauma. 2019 Jan 25:7:2. doi: 10.1186/s41038-018-0139-7. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Rachael Zoe Murray¹, Zoe Elizabeth West¹, Allison June Cowin², Brooke Louise Farrugia³

Affiliations

¹ 1The Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4059 Australia.
² 2Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5095 Australia.
³ 3Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia.

Abstract

There is a vast number of treatments on the market for the management of wounds and burns, representing a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. These include conventional wound dressings, dressings that incorporate growth factors to stimulate and facilitate the wound healing process, and skin substitutes that incorporate patient-derived cells. This article will review the more established, and the recent advances in the use of biomaterials for wound healing therapies, and their future direction.

Keywords: Biomaterials; Burns; Skin substitutes; Wound healing; Wounds.

Publication types

Review