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UK Researchers Unveil Plant-Based Dressing Slashing Infections 90%

7/18/2026

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Researchers at Bath, Bristol and Newcastle Universities created a plant-based wound dressing with a furan polymer.
Tests showed the dressing cut bacterial growth and reduced biofilm by over 90 %, while it releases an antibiotic dose within four hours and provides a barrier on the side.
Dr Hannah Leese said wound infections cost the NHS billions of pounds annually and that testing is required before clinical use, Dr Xiang Ding added.

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Researchers at Bath, Bristol and Newcastle Universities created a plant-based wound dressing with a furan polymer.
Tests showed the dressing cut bacterial growth and reduced biofilm by over 90 %, while it releases an antibiotic dose within four hours and provides a barrier on the side.
Dr Hannah Leese said wound infections cost the NHS billions of pounds annually and that testing is required before clinical use, Dr Xiang Ding added.