GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAGGOTS CLEAN NON-HEALING WOUNDS AND PROMOTE CELL GROWTH
posted: Mar. 28, 2016.
ACCORDING TO THE DAILY MAIL, RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT "GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MAGGOTS CAN CLEAN NON-HEALING WOUNDS AND PROMOTE CELL GROWTH." THE MAGGOTS DO THIS BY SECRETING "HUMAN PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR-BB" AS THEY REMOVE DEAD TISSUE. IN A TREATMENT CALLED "MAGGOT DEBRIDEMENT THERAPY (MDT), THE STERILE LARVAE ARE RAISED IN A LAB AND APPLIED TO" NON-HEALING WOUNDS, SUCH AS DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS. THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED MDT.
SOURCE: DERMATOLOGY DAILY/AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY - (3/25/16) VIA PODIATRIST DR. LEONARD LEVY