August 2026 in “Journal of Functional Biomaterials” In this study, researchers developed a collagen and bacterial cellulose-based dressing loaded with bacitracin, which exhibited enhanced antibacterial activity, improved wound healing, and reduced inflammation in a murine infected-wound model, suggesting its potential for clinical use in treating infected wounds.
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July 2023 in “International journal of biological macromolecules” This research observed that a silver nanoparticle-loaded polydopamine/polyethyleneimine-coated bacterial cellulose dressing effectively inhibited S. aureus infections, reduced inflammation, and promoted wound healing compared with untreated cellulose, demonstrating its potential for treating infected wounds.
April 2005 in “World Journal of Pharmaceutical and life sciences” This article discusses the formulation and evaluation of hair gels that may improve the treatment and prevention of dandruff by providing longer-lasting effects compared to traditional shampoos and lotions, but it reports no new clinical findings.
January 2022 in “Drug Delivery” This study investigated a finasteride and oregano oil-loaded nano-cubosome gel formulation, finding it enhanced drug release and skin permeation and demonstrated synergistic antibacterial effects, suggesting potential for treating alopecia areata.
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November 2024 in “Scientific Reports” This study developed electrospun nanofibers containing mupirocin for wound treatment, reporting enhanced antibacterial activity, high water absorption, and accelerated wound healing in a rat model, suggesting potential use for severe skin injuries at risk of infection.
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January 2023 in “Science Advances” This study found that bacterially induced metabolic changes in stem cells can enhance skin and hair follicle regeneration in both mice and humans, suggesting potential strategies for improving recovery after injury.
July 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified that bacterially-induced metabolic changes in keratinocytes enhance skin and hair follicle regeneration, suggesting that modifying skin microbiome interactions may improve wound healing.
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February 2023 in “Pharmaceutics” This study suggests that UVA-responsive nanocapsules may provide an effective method for skin antisepsis by releasing ethanol and reducing microorganisms within hair follicles on ex vivo porcine ear skin.
July 2024 in “ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering” In this study, researchers used a 3D in vitro organ culture system to show that rifampicin-loaded lipid nanocapsules can penetrate hair follicles more effectively than free rifampicin, highlighting the potential advantage of nanocarrier-based antibiotic treatments for follicular infections.
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May 2011 in “Harper's Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology” Acne is a common skin condition linked to diet, hormones, and genetics, and early treatment can prevent scarring.
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November 2023 in “Heliyon” This abstract discusses the importance of developing intelligent and multifunctional dressings with skin-like properties for real-time wound monitoring, highlighting their potential to improve wound management, prognostic evaluation, and the integration of health monitoring into clinical practice.
June 2020 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that increasing commensal bacterial load on the skin enhances wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis in mice, mediated through IL1R-MyD88 signaling pathways.
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September 2020 in “Pharmaceutics” In this study, solid lipid microparticles loaded with lidocaine hydrochloride were developed to effectively deliver pain relief and antimicrobial benefits for wound management, demonstrated by testing with bioengineered skin substitutes and showing effectiveness against common wound-infecting bacteria.
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February 2022 in “Bioactive Materials” This study reported the development of pH-responsive nanoparticles that effectively deliver vancomycin in a controlled manner, demonstrated enhanced antibacterial activity, and showed promise for clinical applications by targeting bacterial infection sites with programmable drug release.
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August 2020 in “Polymers” The researchers developed semi-dissolving microneedle patches using TEMPO-oxidized bacterial cellulose nanofibers, which allow effective transdermal drug delivery by forming micro-channels for large drug quantities, overcoming traditional microneedles' low drug loading.
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October 2025 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This study developed a multifunctional bilayer dressing containing nanosilver and basic fibroblast growth factor, which improved wound healing by preventing bacterial penetration, promoting angiogenesis and hemostasis, and accelerating cell proliferation and migration, outperforming a control group by increasing healing rates by 47% in vivo.
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October 2013 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” In this study, researchers found that intestine-derived human alpha defensin 5 enhances wound healing, reduces bacterial load, and promotes hair growth in murine burn wound beds by increasing LGR stem cell migration.
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May 2025 in “Natural Products and Bioprospecting” In this study, PEVIII, a nanocomposite chitosan-coated vesicle containing both α-hederin and hederacoside C, demonstrated notable antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a keratitis model, showing significant lesion reduction, tissue improvement, and decreased bacterial load and inflammatory markers compared to other treatments.
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September 2025 in “Scientific Reports” This study reported that a colistin sulfate-loaded nanoemulgel showed improved antimicrobial activity and skin permeability compared to a CS solution, suggesting a potential new approach for treating severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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November 2021 in “Journal of nanobiotechnology” This study reported that thymol-loaded nanoparticles showed promise as an antibiotic-free treatment for acne by effectively targeting the infection without disrupting healthy skin microbiota.
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July 2021 in “Nanomaterials” This study found that α-13′-carboxychromanol significantly accelerated wound healing and improved tissue quality in a mouse model, especially when delivered with bacterial nanocellulose under diabetic conditions.
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October 2024 in “Pharmaceutics” This study found that clindamycin-loaded PHA nanoparticles showed potent antibacterial effects against MRSA and enhanced wound healing in a mouse model of MRSA-infected wounds, indicating their potential as a novel treatment for these infections.
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August 2024 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This review aims to systematically evaluate the various types of antimicrobial wound dressings and current research on antimicrobial agents, providing insights for innovative treatments of infected wounds, due to the lack of comprehensive studies on their efficacy in promoting wound healing.
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December 2024 in “Gels” This study observed that a dual-loaded niosomal in situ gel delivered effective antimicrobial and antioxidant properties for potential ophthalmic applications, showing superior inhibition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus adhesion.
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January 2017 in “International journal of nanomedicine” This study found that Na CMC hydrogel loaded with PEG-coated silver nanoparticles demonstrated superior antibacterial and wound-healing efficacy compared to commercial silver sulfadiazine cream in a wound-healing model.
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February 2025 in “Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices” This study reported that nanofibrous scaffolds made from a PVA and flaxseed extract combination showed enhanced antimicrobial activity and significantly better wound healing in vitro compared to pure PVA fibers.
March 2026 in “Science China Materials” SeV-Tp speeds up healing of drug-resistant infections by targeting wounds and killing bacteria with light activation.
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January 2022 in “Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology” This study found that a nanotransferosome formulation of finasteride (FI-GO-NTF) in an Aloe vera gel significantly improved scalp permeation and antibacterial activity compared to standard formulations, suggesting safe and effective potential for alopecia areata treatment.
July 2026 in “Regenerative medicine reports .” This study concluded that nanoparticle-based delivery systems may significantly enhance wound healing and tissue regeneration in third-degree burns, though challenges like nanoparticle variability and cytotoxicity remain.
September 2025 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study found that the meropenem-loaded spanlastic formulation showed strong potential as an effective topical therapy for bacterial skin infections in non-diabetic mice, demonstrating superior therapeutic activity and wound healing compared to free meropenem.