Healing power of electricity raises hope of new treatments

This just sounds a bit 1950's sci-fi, doesn't it? But it seems to be on the level. I wonder too whether it might actually give a scientific basis for some 'chi' medicine ideas? Including, perhaps acupuncure and reiki? Keep an eye on this one.

In preliminary lab tests, researchers showed that by controlling the weak electrical fields that arise naturally at wound sites, they could direct cells to either close or open up a wound at the flick of a switch. By making the cells move faster, they were able to speed up wound healing by 50%.

Please note, while it may just conceivably give a basis for some chi stuff, that is not the same as endorsing the whole thing. However, it may tell us what the basic observations may have been that then gave rise to the whole edifice.
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