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

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

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

That’s when doctors at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, offered a new option: using fish skin to help ...

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

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — April 9, 2022, is a day the DeVos family will never forget. It's the day their precious little girl Eliana ... to hear: a skin graft made from fish.

of its kind because of the number of patients and severity of the wounds studied (University of Texas grades 2 and 3). The findings underscore the efficacy of fish-skin grafts in the treatment of ...

“Eliana actually has no idea,” said DeVos, who lives in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Of course ... Potential risks of this fish skin treatment include reactions in children with fish allergies ...