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Cells lining your skin and organs can generate electricity when injured − potentially opening new doors to treating wounds: « We found that wounded epithelial cells can propagate electrical signals across dozens of cells that persist for several hours. »

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But researchers discovered they can produce electrical signals like neurons.

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