ea0029n7 | (1) | ICEECE2012
Ruzehaji Nadira
, Wallace Hillary
, Stacey Michael
, Fitridge Robert
, Cowin Allison
Ulceration is a common and severe complication of diabetes affecting 15% of the 200 million patients with diabetes worldwide. A significant proportion of these chronic wounds fail to respond to conventional treatment, hence major amputation is a feared outcome of diabetes. More than 60% of non-traumatic amputations in the western world are performed in the diabetic population. There exists a growing need for effective therapeutic agents to improve healing in these wounds.<...