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New research into scar-free healing

By sciencetolife on January 23, 2008.

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New research from the University of Bristol shows that by
suppressing one of the genes that normally switches on in wound
cells, wounds can heal faster and reduce scarring.
This has major implications not just for wound victims but also
for people who suffer organ tissue damage through illness or
abdominal surgery.

Read more here.

Image: Treating skin wounds (blue) with osteopontin antisense DNA (bottom) reduces the size of wound granulation tissue (area between arrows) and results in reduced scarring. Photo by Dr Ryoichi Mori

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This is a great breakthrough! I went and read the article. It seems to be saying that they can just apply a gel to the wound to get the benefits!
Dave Briggs :~)

Hi Dave,

Yes, this is quite a breakthrough. In the research article they mention that this study is the first "functional demonstration" that osteopontin (their protein of interest) expression may contribute to fibrosis (scarring) in the skin. So it appears that these findings are quite new and unique.

Hi Dave,

Yes, this is quite a breakthrough. In the research article they mention that this study is the first "functional demonstration" that osteopontin (their protein of interest) expression may contribute to fibrosis (scarring) in the skin. So it appears that these findings are quite new and unique.

Posted by: Karen Ventii | January 25, 2008 9:28 AM

The first thing I thought about when reading the post was internal organs and the interference scarring could cause. But of course, external could be just as important for people's self images! Then when I read it is so easy, just apply a gel, that's when the possibilities of it becoming a big blessing to mankind, Fast, really dawned on me.
Thanks again for the post. Have a super weekend and keep up the great job!
Dave Briggs :~)