Iron-Binding Drug Could Help Diabetics Heal Stubborn Wounds, Says Stanford/Einstein Study
Iron-Binding Drug Could Help Diabetics Heal Stubborn Wounds, Says Stanford/Einstein Study
A drug used to remove iron from the body could help doctors fight one of diabetes' cruelest complications: poor wound healing, which can lead to amputation of patients' toes, feet and even legs. The drug, deferoxamine, helped diabetic mice heal small cuts 10 days faster than those who did not receive treatment, according to researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.