Singapore, March 26 -- Diabetic wounds often lead to severe complications that can result in amputations. These chronic and non-healing wounds are marked by persistent inflammation, affecting more than six per cent of the global population. InSingapore, there are about four lower limb amputations daily due to non-healing diabetic wounds. A study focusing on diabetic wounds inSingaporeestimated that the gross amputation-related healthcare cost per patient wasS$23,000in 2017.

To address this challenge of great national and global importance, researchers from theNational University of Singapore(NUS) have developed two microneedle technologies that have shown efficacy in accelerating diabetic wound healing in preclinical models by preserving...