Currently, there is no available therapeutic patch particularly for oral cancer wound in market, which can heal the wound faster and minimise the chances of recurrence.
The team has already filed a patent and their research work has been published in the international journal of the American Chemical Society ‘ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering’.
Before commercialising the technology, the scientists will have to conduct experiments on animals and then on human patients.
“In our lab, the tool has been found to enable growth of healthy cells, while hindering growth of cancer-associated cells which fail to grab the patterned micropillar structure in the scaffold. On the other hand, the healthy cells grab the patterns very well and grow faster,” the researchers said.
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