Damaged mouse skin looked almost as good as new in less than two weeks, thanks to a protein from a parasitic roundworm. Reading time 2 minutes The secret to scar-free healing might come from an ...

Researchers at Stanford believe they may be on the trail of a drug that could allow the skin to heal without scars. For millions of Americans, scars are a fact of life. But for more than three decades ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to organ ...

Especially if you don’t have access to pricey lasers or a top-notch dermatologist, scars can be really hard to get rid of once they’ve set in—which is why it helps to act fast. And if you’ve searched ...