Reindeer light the way to scarless wound healing.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Wound healing in adult mammalian tissues generally involves scarring instead of tissue regeneration. A study in this issue of Cell reveals that after injury, reindeer antler skin regenerates by priming regenerative genes in wound fibroblasts instead of forming a scar through an inflammatory gene program.
Medical subject headings
- Reindeer