Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Maggots: Coming to a Hospital Near You

Posted by timothy on from the maggots-and-leeches-oh-my dept.

Pokinatcha Punk writes "Forget breakthroughs in biotech. According to Yahoo! News maggot's may make their way back into popular medicine. According to the article 'maggots are remarkably efficient at cleaning up infected wounds by eating dead tissue and killing off bacteria that could block the healing process.'"

1 of 78 comments (clear)

  1. This has to be a record by jmccay · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I remember seeing shows on maggots used to eat dead skin off wounds since the late 80s early 90s. This is extremely old news. To beat slashdot to it, there is also a resurgence in using leechs to drain fluids.

    --
    At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that