- 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 skinwounds
- heal — to become healthy again after an injury
- researcher — a person who studies and tries new ideasResearchers
- bandage — a cloth or dressing for a wound
- substance — a material or chemical with a usesubstances
- 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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