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Living bandage from Rice releases healing signals (Level A1) — a group of people standing in front of a building

Living bandage from Rice releases healing signalsCEFR A1

27 May 2026

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Adapted from Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice, Futurity • CC BY 4.0

Photo by Siyi Zhou, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
70 words
  • Some wounds are hard to heal for many people.
  • Doctors and scientists want new ways to help quickly.
  • Researchers made a new living bandage for skin wounds.
  • The bandage stays on the wound and works there.
  • It has living parts inside a soft material.
  • The parts make substances that help repair the skin.
  • The soft material lets food reach the living parts.
  • Animal tests showed faster wound repair in models.

Difficult words

  • wound — an injury or cut on the skin
    wounds
  • heal — to become healthy again after an injury
  • researcher — a person who studies and tries new ideas
    Researchers
  • bandage — a cloth or dressing for a wound
  • substance — a material or chemical with a use
    substances
  • repair — to fix something that is damaged

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Discussion questions

  • Have you ever had a skin wound?
  • Would you try a living bandage?
  • Do you like soft bandages?

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