A new medical device that can accelerate the body's capacity to heal wounds by up to 30 percent has been developed by researchers in the UK, and it works by tricking the skin cells into behaving much younger than they actually are. That gash you got from playing football? Imagine it healing as fast as if you were a kid in high school. Ultrasound is the secret ingredient in the device: it produces nano-vibrations in the skin cells surrounding the wound, opening up channels within the skin's cellular membrane and releasing the flow of calcium.
This flow then pulls the cells towards the damaged part of the body and causes the wound to heal faster. While it’s not quite at the level of the miraculous healing scanners seen in science-fiction movies, it's getting us one step closer. According to the team behind the technology, it works especially well for diabetics and the elderly - groups of…
