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 

An Overview of Abjection

Collagen Definition

An Overview of Microneedling

The Definition of Epithelial Cells

How Wounds Heal (TEDEd)

Saliva and Wound Healing Study

The Power of Saliva: Antimicrobial and Beyond

Peptide Definition

Definition of Neutrophil

Cathelicidin Definition

Angiogenesis Definition

Trefoil Factor 3 and Saliva Study

Collective Cell Migration

Cell Spreading

Cell Adhesion

Cell Proliferation

Histatin Overview

Histatin and Wound Healing Study

Fibroblast Definition

Fibroblast Migration Definition

Histatins are the Major Wound-Closure Stimulating Factors...