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Greetings ,
This month - January, 2025 - saw the publication of the BTER Foundation's latest research: the design and production of a maggot therapy containment dressing ("maggot bag") for wound care, that people can easily make themselves. The reason that this work is important is because many patients and therapists prefer the simplicity and aesthetics of applying medicinal maggots within a pouch rather than leaving them loose within a net-covered wound.
This is not the place to discuss the specifics of the research nor the dressing itself. For that, you can read the actual paper. What is important to emphasize in this newsletter is that this project will be the main topic of discussion during this month's webinar, BioTherapy Live! (Thursday, January 30, at 2:pm PST; details below). Join us to learn more about how wound therapists and their patients can benefit from bagged (also called "contained") maggots, even if they live in parts of the world where contained maggot dressings are not commercially available, or are not affordable.
This is precisely the type of research that we do at the BTER Foundation. Called "Translational Research," it is research that can be put into practice immediately - in hospitals, clinics and homes. Using the instructions published in the article, almost anyone can now produce these maggot containment bags, or similar bags of your own design.
We hope you can join us for a discussion about how this work progressed over the past 8 years, what its implications are, and how you can benefit from it, whether you - or someone you know - is a therapist, a patient, or a health care administrator.
This work was made possible by all of our supporters: volunteers, donors, and those who simply challenge us with questions and problems that keep us "advancing healthcare through education and research in biotherapy." Thank you all.
With best wishes always,
Ron Sherman,
Director
The BTER Foundation -
"Advancing healthcare through education and research in biotherapy"
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