Courtesy Podiatry Today

Can Proteomics Predict And Facilitate Wound Healing?
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor

As wound care methodology and technology continues to evolve, one research team is utilizing genetic technology for the purpose of healing wounds. The Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at the William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago is working with the science of proteomics, which may help DPMs better determine the ability and the rate with which patients can heal their wounds.

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Continuing Education: Exploring Current Approaches To Plantar Warts
By Harvey Lemont, DPM

Given the difficulties of treating plantar warts and the potential for recurrence, this author emphasizes the importance of patient education on expectations, and discusses a variety of treatment modalities ranging from monochloroacetic acid to intralesional immunotherapy.

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A Guide To Cutaneous Manifestations Of Diabetes
By Jared Wilkinson, DPM, Michael Palladino, DPM, and Peter Blume, DPM

Patients with diabetes often experience cutaneous manifestations of the disease. Accordingly, these authors provide a guide to the diagnosis and treatment for conditions such as necrobiosis lipoidica, granuloma annulare and bullous diabeticorum.

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