Math mimics hard-to-heal wounds

New model may lead to better treatments for chronic sores

A mathematical model may help clinicians speed the healing of persistent bedsores, diabetic ulcers and other types of chronic wounds, scientists report online September 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

BLOOD FOR THE WOUND A new mathematical model predicts ischemic, or blood-deprived, wounds take much longer to heal (upper curve) than nonischemic wounds (lower curve).