A new scientific discovery suggests that it may one day be possible for human skin to heal without leaving scars. This ...

Scabs get a bad reputation because they’re dry, crusty, and inconvenient, but they are one of the body’s most effective protection systems. From a biological standpoint, a scab is your skin’s ...

In mice wounded three days before birth, the skin regenerated diverse cell types and closely resembled unwounded skin.

Electric field (EF) therapies are a promising novel technology for wound healing and have been proven to speed up recovery.

Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study by Harvard stem cell biologists published in Cell ...

In a recent Nature Reviews Microbiology study, researchers review how the wound microbiota interferes with skin repair processes and facilitates infection onset by modulating host immune responses.

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions. Lately, the topic has been healing, and this week's question comes from Lucy Perkins via Instagram, who wants to know: ...