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Invited Commentary

nspielholz@adelphia.net

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	Introduction

 
I appreciate this opportunity to comment on the article by Godbout and Frenette, with which I have many disagreements. The give-and-take between my thoughts and the rebuttals of the authors should make interesting reading. And disagreement is good because, in the long run, it frequently leads to a better understanding of, or at least a closer approximation to, the truth.

The literature contains conflicting reports about whether fibroblasts on glass slides migrate in a direct current (DC) field or not. Like these authors, previous researchers¹ also reported they do not, but other researchers^2–5 have reported they do. Workers in this area will have to sort this out. My disagreements with this article are quite different. First, and most importantly, I will address various aspects of the authors’ claim that "The model of wound closure [used in this study] is well accepted to mimic wound healing in vitro." I argue that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

	The Model Is Not One of a Wound or Wound Healing

 

	Contrasting the Authors’ Interpretation of Their Findings of Nonmigration With the Interpretations of Other Authors Who Also Reported Nonmigration

 

	How the Authors Explain the "Weaknesses" of Other Reports That Fibroblasts Do Migrate in an Electrical Field

 

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