New material with built-in vitamin A may reduce scarring

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 19:01 in Health & Medicine

While scarring is a natural part of any healing process, scar formation within our blood vessels can be deadly. “When injury occurs, cells proliferate and migrate into the blood vessel, creating scar-like tissue,” said Northwestern University’s Guillermo Ameer. “It can create blockages that impair blood flow.” To prevent scarring and the dangerous damage that follows, […]

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