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