What's happening in a chronic wound? Bacteria, Biofilms, & Senescent cells

I listened to the podcast from yesterday on the NakedScientist podcast, very interesting about new ways to treat sores that don’t heal.

No mention was made of maggots at all which used to be the new thing I seem to recall.

Chronic wounds/diabetic wound healing:

Podcast: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/ask-naked-scient...

Imperial College — force-responsive wound-healing material: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/2026/smart-wound-dr...

Nature Materials paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-026-02682-8

Wound Innovation Institute, Hull: https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/wound-innovation-...

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_wound