Biologists of the Lviv Institute of Cell Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine are working on the drug. It can be made in the form of a solution or powder.

Lviv scientists are working on the development of a drug for the army.

Rostyslav Stoyka, head of the Department of Cell Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, said that chitosan is the basis of the drug that scientists are working on. It is obtained from marine organisms. This substance helps to heal wounds and has minor antibacterial properties and a pronounced hemostatic effect. Chitosan will be combined with an antibiotic. The drug can be used for the treatment and rapid healing of wounds, especially in military medicine.

You have clogged the wound, the blood has stopped, but at the same time you have clogged the bacteria that are there, and when you catch the injured person, several hours pass, and often purulent processes develop. Our drug is more biocompatible, interacts better with tissues and does not form these blockages, and is also antibacterial. There are many hemostatic drugs, but no such drug. Ours will treat the injured already in the delivery process,
Stoika recorded.

Work on the development of this drug began a year and a half ago. Currently, scientists have laboratory samples that have already been tested on laboratory animals and volunteers.

“We checked ourselves and the wounds really healed faster, better, and we did not observe any infectious processes,” said scientist Nazar Manko from the Institute of Cell Biology of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences.

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The institute is also working on special disinfecting bandages for the wounded.

“We are dealing with the issue of decontamination of wounds. When an injured person is taken from the field to the hospital, sepsis may already be present. This is too bad. We should have disinfectant and non-toxic bandages. , and that’s how we developed it in our department.” – said Andriy Sibirny, director of the Institute of Cell Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

The institute has applied for government funding to complete drug research. After the production technology is established, they will look for investors who will undertake their production.