title: Lin28: time for tissue repair.
abstract: Embryos and juveniles in many organisms repair tissue injuries better than adults. In this issue, Shyh-Chang et al. find that postnatal activation of Lin28a, a gene typically active in embryonic development, promotes better than normal tissue repair in mice, including following ear and digit injuries.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT Biology, and Whitehead Institute, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: reddien@wi.mit.edu.
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Reddien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: C488352:Lin-28 protein, mouse; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins