British Scientists Developed a New Type of Smart Bandages

British scientists developed a new type of bandages with “smart” nano-capsules with antibiotics which fights against infections. These bandages start to illuminate as they release the nano-capsules into the wounds or burns preventing the infection’s outbreak.

The nano-capsules are triggered by the presence of bacteria in the wound or burn and as the antibiotics are triggered the bandage starts to change colour. This shows that there is an infection in the wound.
The project’s leader is Dr Toby Jenkins from Bath University.

He stated: “Being injured in the desert or the battlefield makes them extremely prone to infection so such a dressing for their wounds would be a tremendous boon. Your skin is normally home to billions of ‘friendly’ bacteria which it needs to stay healthy. The dressing is only triggered by disease-causing bacteria which produce toxins that break open capsules containing the antibiotics and dye which makes it take on a green hue. This means antibiotics are only released when needed which reduces the risk of the evolution of new antibiotic-resistant super-bugs such as MRSA. We are making a prototype at the moment and hope we could start clinical testing in about three years.”

This is a big step forward to prevent the toxic shock syndrome which can lead to death.

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