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SUBMITTER: Stejskalova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5576529 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biomaterials science 20170701 8
Wound healing is one of the most complex processes that our bodies must perform. While our ability to repair wounds is often taken for granted, conditions such as diabetes, obesity, or simply old age can significantly impair this process. With the incidence of all three predicted to continue growing into the foreseeable future, there is an increasing push to develop strategies that facilitate healing. Biomaterials are an attractive approach for modulating all aspects of repair, and have the pote ...[more]