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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name

1/22/2026, 10:10:08 AM

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Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims

Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/brazilian-city-uses-tilapia-fish-skin-treat-burn-victims
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46715600

Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims

In a historic Brazilian city, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia -- but why?

www.pbs.org · PBS News

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