It is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.

A small team of biologists from Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, both in Germany, has calculated the degree of risk faced by wild fruit flies by ...

Chemical determinations of healing tissue were made in open granulating wounds on the ... Since fibroblasts can be demonstrated in the wound within twenty-four hours of injury it seems ...

The causes of open wounds are due to pressure on the wound, infection in the wound and excessive movement which slows healing ...

An open wound is any internal or external injury that exposes internal tissue to the external environment. People can sometimes treat acute open wounds at home with medications and natural remedies.

For moderately severe open wounds, the safest and most effective over-the-counter (OTC) antiseptics include iodine, biguanides, and peroxides. Antiseptics are chemical solutions applied topically ...

If a person wishes to try turmeric for a wound, they should limit usage to closed, minor wounds. An open injury would require medical-grade products with a doctor’s approval.

Within five days, the injury scabbed over before healing entirely. Such striking behavior raises a number of questions, particularly how Rakus first learned to treat his face using the plant.

Researchers say ointment could become standard medication, but long path ahead; chemical ‘jams’ communication between bacteria at injury site, making healing easier By Nathan Jeffay 11 July ...