Growing Artificial Skin From Hair Roots
There is new hope for patients with chronic wounds: medical scientists have been granted approval to produce artificial skin from patients’ own cells. It sounds like something from a science fiction novel: Pluck a few of someone’s hairs, and four to six weeks later they have grown into a piece of skin.
Original post by ScienceDaily: Skin Care News
Posted: January 4th, 2008 under skin health.
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