Shark skin's unique properties could have medicinal uses

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Sharks are resilient creatures with the ability to recover fast from injuries thanks to chemical compounds found in their skin. These compounds, it turns out, could have benefits for us too.

Researchers in dermatology at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden realized this after subjecting the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) and other cartilaginous fish species to tests to understand