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Wound, heal thyself

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An in vivo cellular reprogramming strategy to generate epithelial cells from wound mesenchymal cells promotes healing and provides a new avenue for the treatment of nonhealing wounds.

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Fig. 1: Skin healing can be achieved by cell reprogramming.

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Naik, S. Wound, heal thyself. Nat Med 24, 1311–1312 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-018-0179-3

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