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Wound-healing remains a major medical problem. Yearly in the United States alone there are 29 million in-patient hospital surgical procedures (plus many more handled on an out-patient basis), 2.3 million burns requiring medical attention, approximately 6 million bedsores (decubitus ulcers) at any given time, 1.1 million severe fractures, and 2 million chronic diabetic ulcers (leading to 40,000 leg amputations yearly) [1].
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Pickart, L. (1987). Iamin: A Human Growth Factor with Multiple Wound-Healing Properties. In: Sorenson, J.R.J. (eds) Biology of Copper Complexes. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 16. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4584-1_21
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