Background: Fractional CO laser plays an important role in scar management post split-thickness skin graft by loosening the graft contracture and restoring the smoothness of the surface. However, the optimal treatment protocol remains unknown. This study applied a dual-scan protocol to achieve both releasing and ablation of contracted skin graft.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSynergistic transdermal photodynamic therapy (PDT)/photothermal therapy (PTT) has emerged as a novel strategy for improving hypertrophic scar (HS) therapeutic outcomes. Herein, a near-infrared heptamethine cyanine dye, named IR-808, has been selected as the desirable photosensitizer owing to its PDT and PTT properties. Benefitting from the transdermal delivery ability of ethosomes (ESs), IR-808 loaded nanoethosomes (IR-808-ES) have been prepared as a novel nanophotosensitizer for the transdermal PDT/PTT of HSs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs an economic crop, pepper satisfies people's spicy taste and has medicinal uses worldwide. To gain a better understanding of Capsicum evolution, domestication, and specialization, we present here the genome sequence of the cultivated pepper Zunla-1 (C. annuum L.
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