Pro-Healing and Antibacterial: Two Sides of a Hydrogel Secret

[00:00:00]Bacteria camp on wounds like squatters with crowbars. Infections freeze diabetic wounds in the inflammatory rut.

[00:00:07]The fix is a skin-mimicking hydrogel with a germ-killing top and a pro-healing bottom, so the poison and the peptalk don't mix.

[00:00:16]A single E. coli is about 2 micrometers long, and the top layer is tuned to stop colonies before they stack up. Faster cleanup means the rebuild can actually start.