A surprising treatment option helped a Texas girl who developed a dangerous wound soon after she was born prematurely.

Krystal DeVos is "grateful for modern medicine" after her newborn was saved by fish skin taken from wild North Atlantic cod ...

Eliana was kept in neonatal intensive care for 131 days after birth, developing a life-threatening infection on her neck. The ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — April 9 ... "It's basically using fish skin which would otherwise be discarded," said Dimas. "It's used to help the wounds heal a little bit faster with less problems ...

What makes that nickname extra special is the surprising way Eliana's life was saved—through the use of fish skin. Eliana was ...

Premature newborn's life was saved by innovative medical treatment involving fish skin after a life-threatening skin infection began shutting down her organs.

The mean time to healing was 17.31 weeks for the intact fish skin graft group and 19.37 weeks ... achieved in non-superficial UT [University of Texas diabetic wound classification system] grade ...

it was the healing power of fish skin that helped her recover from a deep wound on her neck. “Eliana actually has no idea,” said DeVos, who lives in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Of course ...