Philippine researchers say milkfish skin can be used to treat severe burns, skin wounds

Milkfish accounts for some 18 per cent of the Philippines’ total fish production. - ST

MANILA: Scientists at a top research institute in the Philippines have found a new, cheap and widely available source of skin grafts: the milkfish, known locally as “bangus”.

Skin grafting is a surgical procedure for treating burns, traumatic injuries, chronic ulcers and cancer.