A more recent therapy that is being explored is electrical field stimulation; which accelerates wound healing with limited side effects.

Dressings fail to heal over 40% of leg and foot ulcers within six months and 28% of such wounds persist for for over a year.

A research team has, for the first time, observed chimpanzees applying insects to their own wounds and the wounds of conspecifics.

Tiny dressings that generate electricity in response to movement could accelerate wound healing and tissue regeneration.

Circulatory disorders, diabetes or lying in the same position for extended periods can all lead to chronic wounds that do not heal.

A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries