The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat.

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Maggot therapy is becoming increasingly established as an option for the debridement and treatment of sloughy, necrotic wounds. Although used tentatively over the previous few decades, it became more ...

Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) employs sterile larvae—most commonly of Lucilia sericata—to remove necrotic tissue, reduce microbial burden and stimulate wound healing. During application, larvae ...

For years, maggots have been a powerful tool in medicine, quietly excelling in the treatment of chronic wounds. But despite the clinical evidence supporting their efficacy, maggots remain an underused ...

Bacteria that infect chronic wounds can be deadly to maggot 'biosurgeons' used to treat the lesions, show researchers writing in the journal Microbiology. The findings could lead to more effective ...

Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) has begun maggot therapy trials in wound treatment. Dr Phoebe Mukiria from Kari Trypanosomiasis Research Center (TRC) regrets wound care in Kenya is ...

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