DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Impaired or abnormal wound healing is a major health problem for elderly, diabetic, immunosuppressed, immobilized, burn-injured and keloid individuals. Every year in the United States, 6.5 million people have chronic skin ulcers caused by pressure, venous stasis… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pulmonary fibrosis, a group of incurable lung diseases with high mortality rates, is characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration, fibroblast proliferation, and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins i n lung parenchyma. Globally, five million… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diabetes mellitus afflicts 20.8 million people, or 7% of the population, in the United States. Fifteen percent, or 2.4 million people, will develop diabetic foot ulcers in their life time. Diabetic foot ulceration and i nfections are a major cause of… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lung fibrosis, a group of incurable lung diseases with high mortality rates, is characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration, fibroblast proliferation, and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix proteins (ECM) in lung parenchyma. Globally, five million… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Every year in the United States, gt1.25 million people suffer from burns, 6.5 million have chronic skin ulcers caused by pressure, venous stasis or diabetes mellitus and 0.25 million have keloids sufficiently severe to require surgery. Burn treatment costs 1.8… More