Thursday, December 5, 2013

Artificial Skin from Umbilical cord stem cells

The research team from the University of Granada has formulated a technique for artificially forming skin from umbilical stem cells. They have become the very first team to successfully achieve this transformation. The future is aimed at creating skin stem cells banks so that new skin can be made available for grafting in case of an emergency.

The published article
  1. I. Garzon, J. Miyake, M. Gonzalez-Andrades, R. Carmona, C. Carda, M. d. C. Sanchez-Quevedo, A. Campos, M. Alaminos.Wharton's Jelly Stem Cells: A Novel Cell Source for Oral Mucosa and Skin Epithelia RegenerationStem Cells Translational Medicine, 2013; 2 (8): 625 DOI:10.5966/sctm.2012-0157


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