All articles tagged with #electric stimulation
Researchers delivered brief pacemaker-like electrical pulses to sea squirts, triggering an exercise-like surge in metabolism that improved stem cell activity, tissue growth, and even lifespan, with gene expression patterns resembling post-exercise responses; while promising, the findings are in a simple organism and their relevance to humans remains to be tested.
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Freiburg have developed a method using electric stimulation to speed up the healing process of wounds on cultured skin cells, making them heal three times faster. The method could be a game changer for diabetic and elderly people who often suffer greatly from wounds that won't heal. The researchers recently received a large grant to continue their research and develop wound healing products for consumers on the market. They are also looking at how different skin cells interact during stimulation to adapt the stimulation based on the individual wound.