Inkjet-like device 'prints' cells right over burns

Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 14:56 in Health & Medicine

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Inspired by a standard office inkjet printer, U.S. researchers have rigged up a device that can spray skin cells directly onto burn victims, quickly protecting and healing their wounds as an alternative to skin grafts.

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