Healing

Healing is a process that happens in the body. Through healing, cells are able to repair damaged tissue. There are two different ways healing can happen:

• The damaged tissue is replaced with tissue of the same kind. This is called regeneration.
• The damaged tissue is replaced with scar tissue. This is called repair

Most healing processes combine both ways of healing.

Healing Media

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  Diagram featuring stages of tissue healing

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  Wounded patients at the Red Cross Hospital in Tampere, Finland during the 1918 Finnish Civil War

Other websites

• How wounds heal and tumors form Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine With this simple Flash demonstration, Harvard professor Donald Ingber explains how wounds heal, why scars form, and how tumors develop. Presented by Children's Hospital Boston.
• Wound Healing Archived 2005-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Wound Healing and Repair
• Lorenz H.P. and Longaker M.T. Wounds: Biology, Pathology, and Management Archived 2005-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Stanford University Medical Center.
• Romo T. and McLaughlin L.A. 2003. Wound Healing, Skin. Emedicine.com.
• Rosenberg L. and de la Torre J. 2003. Wound Healing, Growth Factors. Emedicine.com.