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This review discusses recent advances in protein immobilization on bacterial cellulose for various biomedical uses and reports no new clinical results.

In this review, researchers explored the potential of cannabinoids, particularly cannabidiol, as a holistic treatment for acne vulgaris, highlighting their lipostatic, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and antimicrobial effects in modulating acne-related factors like sebum production and inflammation.

This review discusses recent advancements in responsive-hydrogel dressings for diabetic wound healing, highlighting their design, responsiveness, and degradation behavior, and evaluating their potential advantages and limitations in clinical applications.

In this study, finasteride was shown to inhibit glioma stem-like cells and reduce glioblastoma proliferation, suggesting its potential as an anti-glioblastoma drug.

This study found that frequent attenders at Cork University Hospital's emergency department accounted for a disproportionate amount of visits and were more likely to require admission for further care.

This review discusses the potential of marine-derived polysaccharide nanofibers as advanced wound dressings, highlighting their regenerative advantages in addressing inflammation, oxidative stress, and other healing barriers. However, it notes that clinical translation is limited by challenges in standardization, evidence, safety, and production scalability.

In this study, researchers synthesized biomedical polyurethanes incorporating curcumin and varying PEG content to enhance water solubility and control curcumin release, finding that higher PEG content improved hydrophilicity, swelling, and degradation, while maintaining excellent antioxidant and antibacterial activities, suggesting promise for biomedical applications.

This study found that DHA, a derivative of artemisinin, shows potential as a cosmetic ingredient due to its anti-aging, anti-hair loss, antibacterial, whitening, and anti-glycation activities.

This study found that using a stevioside-based microneedle patch significantly increased minoxidil's solubility and skin absorption, promoting hair growth in animal models and achieving 67.5% area coverage by day 35, highlighting the potential of this novel delivery system for androgenetic alopecia treatment.

Transethosomes improve drug delivery through the skin and show promise for treating various conditions.

This study found that external application of DGD activates the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, promoting hair follicle anagen phase entry, and is a more effective and safer treatment for androgenetic alopecia in mice compared to oral administration.

In this study, the researchers found that their conductive bio-harvesting tonic enhanced hair follicle proliferation and delayed regression with electric stimulation and the antifungal agent 6-pentyl-α-pyrone in both mice and human hair follicle tests.

In this study, a combined rosemary and neem extract outperformed ketoconazole and minoxidil in treating dandruff, scalp disorders, and promoting hair growth, demonstrating potent antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties in lab settings.

This review reports that chitosan-based systems with metal nanoparticles and polyphenols may enhance wound healing by improving the bioavailability and stability of these compounds, suggesting a potential new approach for chronic and diabetic wounds.

This source reviews the potential of polyphenols as therapeutic and preventive treatments for common skin disorders such as acne, fungal infections, dermatitis, alopecia, and skin cancer, emphasizing their anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects and ability to penetrate the skin barrier.

In this study, ozenoxacin was found to inhibit sebum production in insulin- and 5α-DHT-differentiated hamster sebocytes in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting potential benefits in acne management by combining antimicrobial activity against C. acnes with reduced sebum production.

This study conducted in Egypt evaluated antifungal treatments for sheep with dermatophytosis, finding that tioconazole cream, clotrimazole spray, and fluconazole capsules were effective, with tioconazole cream providing an easily applicable and highly effective topical option, achieving a 100% cure rate in the short term.

This paper reviews extraction methods for obtaining polysaccharides from brown macroalgae like Sargassum, highlighting their antiviral, antimicrobial, and antitumoral bioactivities in both in vivo and in vitro studies, while also discussing challenges in research and commercialization of Sargassum-based products.

This source describes wound healing as a complex biological process that requires precise regulation and coordination among various cells, cytokines, and signaling pathways to achieve tissue repair, although specific findings or results are not provided in the abstract.

This study reviewed chitosan composites, specifically those with silver or zinc oxide nanoparticles, highlighting their enhanced antimicrobial efficacy and potential biomedical applications despite pure chitosan's limitations such as pH sensitivity and poor solubility.

This review highlights cellulose-based materials' potential in skin disease treatments, emphasizing their smart, responsive design for various conditions, with insights into their roles in wound healing, infection prevention, and wearable monitoring.

The researchers investigated the phytochemical content and pharmacological properties of Fissistigma oldhamii and found multiple compounds, primarily in roots and stems, that may contribute to the plant's traditional anti-inflammatory uses in China, including potential antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial effects.

This review discusses nanoparticle-based wound-healing materials, detailing their benefits, limitations, and recent advancements, and emphasizes the need for further understanding to enhance therapeutic outcomes.

Certain genes are linked to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in kids, and changes in these genes can also cause other diabetes-related conditions.

This study found that the methanolic extract of Carduus adpressus exhibited strong antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound-healing activities, suggesting its potential use in developing wound-healing agents.

This study found that an Enterobacter isolate demonstrated high resistance to selenate and effective sorption capacity, suggesting potential for bioremediation of selenium-contaminated environments.

In this research, the authors found that green-synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles (GS-ZnONPs) exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus species isolated from alopecia patients, but also showed cytotoxic effects on human dermal fibroblast cells at a 400 mg/mL concentration.

This study assessed the phytochemical properties and antifungal activity of Lawsonia inermis extracts, finding diverse compounds like flavonoids and alkaloids, and reporting that ethanol extracts exhibited the highest antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans at 200 mg/mL.

In this study, researchers evaluated 27 drugs for antifungal activity against Cryptococcus strains and found that some antiparasitics and antidepressants showed potential by reducing fungal growth and capsule size, with particular enhancements when combined with fluconazole.

This study found that ozonated olive oil exhibited antifungal activity against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, comparable to the standard antifungal terbinafine, in an in vivo rat study, suggesting it may serve as an alternative treatment for dermatophytosis.