Breaking the vicious cycle of diabetic wounds with an exosome-engineered dual-responsive microneedle patch
Xinyu Gu, Shen Shen, Qingmiao Shi, Ziyi Xu, Minghang Zhang, Lifan Zhang, Chen Xue, Yuting He, Juan Lu, Li Li · 2026
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Description
Xinyu Gu and co-authors report a 2026 study of a needle patch built to heal diabetic wounds. Such wounds stall due to stress chemistry, swelling, and repeat infection. The patch has a core and shell build that answers those faults in stages.
The core holds tiny cell packets from aloe, loaded with a plant compound. The shell blends two plastics with an enzyme and gold nano stars. On contact, the enzyme makes oxygen fast, and the gold stars heat under near infrared light to kill germs. The packets then leak out slowly, easing stress and swelling inside cells. Aloe packets also spur new vessel growth and cell movement into the wound.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xinyu Gu, Shen Shen, Qingmiao Shi, Ziyi Xu, Minghang Zhang, Lifan Zhang, Chen Xue, Yuting He, Juan Lu, Li Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |