Alexandra Bruce
Forbidden Knowledge TV
February 3, 2011
It’s the largest organ in the body. And when it’s severely burned, it needs to be replaced quickly and massively.
The standard techniques we have now can take weeks or months. And the reason why people die is the infections that develop while we wait for skin to heal.
If we can find a way to get normal healthy skin within a week, that’s the Holy Grail of burn surgery.
A simple idea backed by stem cell research allows victims of severe burns to heal in merely days. The skin-cell gun can place skin cells onto a wound. One state police officer is one of the first to be treated with the gun.
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