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New Wound Dressing May Lead To Maggot Therapy Without The Maggots

10-09-2006 · ScienceDaily

Scientists in the United Kingdom have developed a new wound dressing that could bring the benefits of maggot therapy to patients without putting live Greenbottle fly (blowfly) larvae into non-healing wounds.

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