Production line for artificial skin
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 14:44
in Health & Medicine
Some patients wish they had a second skin - for instance because their own skin has been burnt in a severe accident. But transplanting skin is a painstaking task, and a transplant that has to cover large areas often requires several operations. Medical scientists have therefore been trying for a long time to grow artificial tissue. This "artificial skin" would allow them to treat these patients better and faster.