Sharks' Amazing Ability to Heal From Wounds Might Help Humans | US News & World Report

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Cape shark (Squalus acanthais). Credit: N. Sloth, cc-by-nc
By Ernie Mundell | HealthDay Reporter November 22, 2023
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Forget "Jaws": The remarkable wound-healing power of shark skin could end up helping humans, new research claims.

Shark skin is coated with a special film of mucus that more closely resembles mucus generated by people than that generated by other types of fish, noted researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, in Stockholm.

They conducted their investigation at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Wood's Hole, Mass., and reported their findings recently in the .

It's long been known that sharks have an unusual ability to quickly heal and recover from wounds, explained researchers , an associate professor of dermatology and principal investigator at Karolinska, and his colleague, senior study author .

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