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Future Nanocapsule Bandages to Fight Infection The medical dressing will release antibiotics from nanocapsules, activated by the presence of disease-causing pathogenic bacteria, targeting treatment before the infection aggravates. The advanced wound dressing will also change color when the antibiotics are released, thus alerting doctors that an infection is prese... 8 July 2010 02:51 GMT Auto-Heating Bandages for Extreme Sports Good news for winter sport lovers. A novel portable plastic splint that heat-molds itself around broken or wounded limbs is being designed to help skiers and others who enjoy taking part in extreme snow sports.To use the splint, the patient must wrap strips of resistant but flexible plastic bandage tightly around the... 28 March 2007 06:49 GMT