{"id":69735,"date":"2016-04-20T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ffbbb1d4b9e1c472dbce24187b05640c"},"modified":"2016-04-20T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:08:31","slug":"news-story-using-low-power-light-to-reduce-infection-risk-and-increase-tissue-repair-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69735","title":{"rendered":"News story: Using low-power light to reduce infection risk and increase tissue repair after injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Researchers at the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birmingham.ac.uk\/index.aspx\">University of Birmingham<\/a> have been funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise (<abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>) to develop unique military medical tools that could be used on the battlefield, in a field hospital or for rehabilitation. The concept involves wound irradiation using low-power light to decontaminate and accelerate healing mechanisms after minor injuries, burns or even extensive trauma.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Birmingham study has demonstrated fundamental principles associated with light therapy and tissue repair at a cellular and molecular level. The results demonstrate the potential to use novel therapeutic technologies to reduce the risk of infection and increase healing rates following injuries. This includes those sustained on the battlefield, as well as after surgical procedures.  <\/p>\n<p>Future application of this technology may improve clinical success rates and rehabilitate troops back to duty more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Will Palin, Reader in Biomaterials, University of Birmingham says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The funded <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> project has enabled us to work with relevant key stakeholders including military-related medical sciences, which is crucial for the development of our novel proposed technology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone <\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704237\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case study from the University of Birmingham who will pitch their ideas to industry and investors at the CDE Marketplace on 27 April 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}