The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company ...
The newest wound-care tool cleared by federal regulators is alive, hungry, and smaller than a grain of rice. The Food and ...
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The FDA Just Cleared a Second Carcass-Eating Fly as Medicine
FDA-cleared MEDIFLY maggots give Cuprina Holdings a monopoly on both approved maggot species for treating chronic wounds that resist conventional care.
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The 'yuck' therapy that could transform chronic wound care in Africa
By Milliam MurigiFor centuries, maggots have been associated with decay, filth and death. Today, scientists say those same ...
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 ...
SINGAPORE, June 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cuprina Holdings (Cayman) Limited (Nasdaq: CUPR) (“CUPR” or “the Company”), a biomedical company developing and marketing products for the chronic wounds, ...
Editor's take: The idea of cleaning human wounds with live maggots sounds like the sort of medieval medicine that should have died out somewhere around the invention of soap. But one day, you could be ...
The lowly maggot gets a bad rap, mostly known for feeding on corpses and rotting meat. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. But modern ...
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