Cold Plasma Is a Hot New Tool in Veterinary Medicine
A veterinary dermatologist at Cummings School recently began using cold plasma to treat chronic wounds and superficial skin infections in animals
You know about the three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. But did you know there’s a fourth? It’s plasma, and it makes up nearly 99 percent of the universe. The aurora borealis is made of plasma, and so are nebulas, stars, and even lightning.
Plasma is an ionized gas—a gas in which electrons have been torn away from their atoms—and usually it’s hot. However, under the right circumstances, scientists can create cold plasma, or nonthermal plasma.
Source: https://now.tufts.edu/articles/cold-plasma-hot-new-tool-veterinary-medicine
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Foster Hospital for Small Animals