Interesting Cases / 02.06.2019

How can a fish help a mountain lion injured in a fire? Well, amazingly, with its skin! A 5-month-old mountain lion with second and third degree burns on all four paw pads from the California bushfires is being treated with a "bandage" first tried in Brazil: fish skin. Sterilised tilapia skin has been recently recognised as an effective “biological band-aid” that provides three key benefits – mechanical protection due to the scales, a reduction in pain, and faster healing time. ...