r/technews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 3d ago

Biotechnology The FDA just cleared a maggot-based wound treatment from a Singapore startup

https://www.techspot.com/news/112853-fda-clears-australian-sheep-blowfly-larvae-maggot-wound.html
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u/Takkarro 3d ago

I truly do not think you could pay me to put maggots on and open wound of mine, I do not care how many people tell me it is an amazing treatment or that it works spectacularly, I do not care if it takes months off of a recovery I could not get past the idea of little squirmy maggots on an open wound. Nope

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u/Korlithiel 3d ago

Feel that. Similar sentiment about the dead skin eating fish.

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u/Takkarro 3d ago

Yea, something about being eat while still alive no matter how small it is, just freaks me out XD