Jordan Yaron, an assistant professor in ASU’s Biodesign Center for Biomaterials Innovation and Translation, is leading work to use engineered substances that interact with living tissues to help boost the human body’s regenerative abilities. In collaboration with ASU colleagues in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy, and the School for Biological and Health Systems Engineering, parts of the Fulton Schools, the research is showing promise for healing or treating wounds and injuries — including chronic wounds, such as those resulting from diabetes. The team’s studies show biomaterial formulations engineered to activate histamine receptors can speed up healing and pave the way to address both chronic and slow-healing wounds, and possibly  regenerative medicine to restore or replace damaged tissues and organs.