How venom in vampire saliva may have extra potent healing properties, demonstrated via a discussion of how wounds heal and the healing properties of good old-fashioned primate spit. Bonus discussions include: abjection and Edward's self-deprecation, Emmett's unhealthy obsession with bears, what cell migration and communism have in common, and is spit the future of skincare?
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Our intro and outro music:
In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)
Links:
Cute Octopus Moving like Cells in Collective Migration
The Relationship Between the Heart's Pumping and Gravity
The Definition of Epithelial Cells
Saliva and Wound Healing Study
The Power of Saliva: Antimicrobial and Beyond
Trefoil Factor 3 and Saliva Study
Histatin and Wound Healing Study
Fibroblast Migration Definition
Histatins are the Major Wound-Closure Stimulating Factors...
