title: Early fetal healing as a model for adult organ regeneration.
abstract: Evidence is provided pointing out certain basic similarities, though not an identity, between the mechanisms of early fetal regeneration and induced organ regeneration in adults. These similarities favor a model of induced organ regeneration in which biologically active scaffolds block wound contraction and scar formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. yannas@mit.edu
authors.forename: Ioannis V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Yannas
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Longaker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*