Current Research

New developments in accelerating wound healing can have an immense beneficial socio-economic impact. The wound healing process is a highly orchestrated series of mechanisms where a multitude of cells and biological cascades are involved. The skin battery and current of injury mechanisms have become topics of interest for their influence in chronic wounds. Electrostimulation therapy of wounds has shown to be a promising treatment option with no-device-related adverse effects. This review presents an overview of the understanding and use of the applied electrical current in various aspects of wound healing. Rapid clinical translation of the evolving understanding of biomolecular mechanisms underlying the effects of electrical stimulation on wound healing would positively impact upon enhancing patient’s quality of life. High blood glucose and high levels of fat in your blood can damage your nerves. (Hunckler, J. UCL Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK., 2017)

There is promising research on the use of microcurrent therapy in diabetes care to reset the electrical conductivity of islet cells. The islet is sensitive to a glucose demand in secreting insulin and uses gap junctions as a tuning parameter in this adaptation. Thus looking to restore natural cellular function through the use of microcurrents or electrical connectivity repair holds much promise for the future of diabetes treatment, pancreatic islet cell repair and the potential reversal of type 2 diabetes. (Goel P, Mehta A (2013) Learning Theories Reveal Loss of Pancreatic Electrical Connectivity in Diabetes as an Adaptive Response. PLoS ONE 8(8): e70366.)

“Microcurrent therapy provides a promising therapeutic option for both Diabetes management and associated complications.”