A spoonful of sugar...A PIONEERING lecturer has won a pounds 25,000 grant to research the healing effect of sugar on cuts and wounds. Moses Murandu, senior lecturer senior lecturer n. Chiefly British A university teacher, especially one ranking next below a reader. at the University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The main campus is located on Wulfruna Street in Wolverhampton. , grew up in Zimbabwe and watched his father use granulated sugar Noun 1. granulated sugar - sugar in the form of small grains powdered sugar - sugar granulated into a fine powder refined sugar, sugar - a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative granulated sugar to heal wounds and reduce pain. Finding sugar was not utilised in such a way in the UK, he funded his own six-months' research into the effect of sugar in patients' wounds on the vascular ward at Selly Oak Hospital. He has now been awarded the prestigious Foundation Le Lous Scientific Innovation Award to enable him to continue his work. "While salt is painful, sugar is not and reduces the pain drastically," he said. "The patents we have tested it on have said that they never knew such a simple method could make such a difference." |
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