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Although human skin heals from injuries and wounds, many of us have scars that are left behind. Scar formation happens in adult mammals because skin regeneration does not fully occur. This poses a challenge to physicians who wish to conduct surgeries without scars appearing afterwards. In a newly published article in Biomedicines, a team led …
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a species of salamander can regenerate its skin without scars and could possibly be used as a model system for studying human skin Although human skin heals from injuries and wounds, many of us have scars that are left behind. Scar formation happens in adult mammals because …