Skin cells typically spend their entire existence in one place on your body. But Washington State University researchers have seen how the cells will alter the proteins holding them in place and move to repair a wound.
“And they walk,” said Jonathan Jones, director of WSU’s School of Molecular Biosciences and lead author of a paper on the phenomenon in the FASEB Journal.
With a better understanding of the process behind the cell movement, scientists might be able to manipulate and enhance it so wounds heal more quickly.
