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Scar-free healing: Worm protein could revolutionize wound treatment

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Scientists found treated skin healed faster, even regenerating hair follicles by day 12 .

Wounds treated with TGM healed more quickly and showed significantly less scarring than untreated wounds.

This finding opens new avenues for treating injuries without the usual side effects of scarring.

Researchers applied daily doses of TGM to the injured skin of laboratory mice.