Regeneration of injured skin and peripheral nerves requires control of wound contraction, not scar formation

We review the mounting evidence that regeneration is induced in wounds in skin and peripheral nerves by a simple modification of the wound healing process. Here, the process of induced regeneration is compared to the other two well-known processes by which wounds close, i.e., contraction and scar fo...

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Main Authors: Yannas, Ioannis V, Tzeranis, Dimitrios, So, Peter T. C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120183
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0151-708X
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4698-6488