Surgical wounds can leave lasting scars Description: Ana Jeremias / EyeEm/Getty
A band-aid made of a protein that鈥檚 more common in fetal skin can heal wounds quickly, with no visible scarring.
We know from in utero surgery that fetus skin doesn鈥檛 scar. One reason for this is that it contains scaffolds of a protein called fibronectin that help re-order skin cells after injury.
But skin loses most of this fibronectin by birth. From then on, it re-forms in a haphazard way when it鈥檚 damaged, leaving thick, lumpy scars. at Harvard University and his…
