Future treatment for burns?

[mercuryblues]

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http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-skin-cell-gun-drastically.html



The Skin-cell Gun works essentially like a sophisticated paint spray gun. It was developed by Professor Joerg C. Gerlach and colleages of the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburg’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The concept was first introduced in 2008.

Until now burns have usually been treated with skin grafts, which involve taking skin sections from uninjured parts of the patient’s body, or growing sheets of skin artificially, and grafting them over the burn. The grafts can take several weeks or even months to heal, and during the recovery period patients are prone to infections because of the damage to the skin, which is the body’s first line of defense against pathogens.

Scientists have been able to regenerate skin in the laboratory for decades, but the process takes two to three weeks and the sheets of skin produced are fragile. When grafted on, blisters can form beneath it due to secretions, and can push up against the sheet and damage it.

[LiberalEsto]

1. This sounds so promising nt

[appleannie1]

2. That is so amazing. When I had 2nd degree and a small area of 3rd degree burns, it took weeks to

heal and the pain was horrendous. It was not just surface pain, it was like someone stabbing a poker through my leg.

[obxhead]

3. Wow, that is really awesome.

And the bible thumpers can't even argue about the stem cells since they come from your own body.

[mercuryblues]

4. I came

across this while watching another video and the title made me curious. At 1st I thought it was a hoax or a scam. I checked it out and it seems legit.

Burns cause horrid pain. From what I read this will work on 2nd degree, not 3rd. This is a major step in the right direction.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Heh ...

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