Hair Cells Act As Biological Wound Dressing

A new study in Artificial Organs tested the effects of a wound dressing created with hair follicular cells. The findings reveal that skin substitutes using living hair cells can increase wound healing.Researchers applied the technique to wound surfaces on mice. Subjects that were administered this biological dressing produced two times better wound closure than the control set. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on December 23rd, 2007