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Can tilapia skin be used to bandage burns?

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July 28, 2026↗ source

Doctors in Brazil are utilizing sterilized tilapia skin as a biological bandage for second- and third-degree burns. The treatment was developed to address a shortage of human and pig skin banks in the country. Analysis revealed that tilapia skin contains high levels of collagen types 1 and 3, proteins essential for scarring, which exist in greater quantities in the fish skin than in human skin.

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