Trauma, tissue repair, and regeneration are frontier research areas in China and a team led by Professor Xiaobing Fu has become an important unit in this field in China. Over the past years, this team has played a key role in wound prevention, management, and some regulation making at the state level. The works on functions of growth factor and the action of these functions in regulating wound healing, stem cell biology, and its application for sweat gland regeneration, education, or training and prevention for chronic skin wounds are outstanding.
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FuXShenZChenYXieJGuoZZhangMShengZ. Recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor accelerates wound healing in patients with burns, donor sites and chronic dermal ulcers. Chin Med J. 2000;113:367-371.
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Cow hormones beat burns. BBC online. 1998; November20.
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