Uganda, March 28 -- Health experts are doing more studies on tilapia skin following initial key findings that it can quicken wound healing in situations of severe burns.

This was revealed by surgeons during the ongoing Surgical Scientific Conference and the Surgical Landscape Exhibition which started on Tuesday. The revelation is also reinforced by a 2023 report of a study conducted by American researchers.

"There are many advances in research regarding the management of burns to cover the burn wounds," Dr George William Galiwango, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at CORSU Rehabilitation Hospital in Uganda said during the conference in Kampala.

"Tilapia skin is one of those together with the use of other biological membranes like b...