The results suggest that the patches, which could theoretically be cut to any size, could reduce the risk of serious ...

The results suggest that the patches, which could theoretically be cut to any size ... might affect other bacteria on the skin that can also cause blood poisoning, he says. Tian’s team plans ...

Vitamin patches take a different route. They rely on diffusion—the idea that nutrients can pass through the skin and into the blood. The problem is that skin is designed to keep things out.

For the first time, researchers designed a skin patch that uses imperceptible electric currents to control microbes. The results appear October 24 in the Cell Press journal Device. "This opens up ...

Rejection could show as a rash on the donated skin patch, say experts, allowing early treatment to stop problems escalating. The trial, by University of Oxford and NHS Blood and Transplant ...

The bandage caused a 10 times reduction in a common bacteria found on skin The patch uses a weak electrical ... it gets into the human body through a cut or a medical procedure.