Enriched Environment Improves Wound Healing In Rats

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 01:28 in Health & Medicine

Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a new article. Researchers found that giving rats living in isolation the opportunity to build nests led to better healing of burn injuries than was seen in isolation-reared rats without nest-building materials.

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