How a wound heals itself - Sarthak Sinha
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Our skin is the largest organ in our bodies, with a surface area of about 20 square feet in adults. When we are cut or wounded, our skin begins to repair itself through a complex, well-coordinated process. Sarthak Sinha takes us past the epidermis and into the dermis to investigate this regenerative response.
A recent finding suggests that the African spiny mouse is capable of regenerating new hair, glands, dermal tissue and cartilage following wound healing. What features would you suspect are responsible for giving them this remarkable regenerative capacity?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Sarthak Sinha
- Animator Noel Wong, Alexandra Kogl, Mark Storer, Henry Chung
- Artist Ieuan Protheroe
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Narrator Addison Anderson
