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The LSU Health New Orleans researchers discovered that leukocytes and platelets produce a group of molecules, called Maresin-Ls, which promote wound healing and reduce inflammation. They also identified the enzymes needed in the cells to produce these molecules. They demonstrated that treatment by these novel molecules restores reparative functions to diabetic macrophages, enabling the cellular processes known to be critical to wound healing and suppressing those causing chronic inflammation associated with non-healing diabetic wounds.