Skin Gun Shows the Promise of Adult Stem Cells

Feb 16, 2011 Issues: Poverty and Hunger

A new adult stem cell therapy has been proven to help burn patients regrow skin faster than ever before. Typically, skin must be regrown over weeks and months. Many patients die of infection because they do get new skin in time.

A new skin gun now allows doctors to paint adult stem cells onto a patient. These cells can be grown in a lab in just a matter of hours and then develop into new skin right on the patient.

This is a yet another successful stem cell therapy that does not require the destruction of embryos. By contrast, embryonic stem cell treatments have yet to be proven effective and can actually lead to serious complications.

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