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Healthpoint spray-on skin helps healing leg ulcers

A "spray-on skin" developed by Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells, could help healing leg ulcers

According to US and Canadian researchers, a “spray-on skin” developed by Healthpoint Biotherapeutics in the US, which coats a wound with a layer of skin cells, could help healing leg ulcers. The spray was tested on 228 people with leg ulcers, which are painful open wounds that can last for months. The findings, published in [...]

Skin cells converted into brain components at Stanford University

Researchers studying mice at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California have converted skin cells directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain. The experiment, which was reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, skipped the middle “stem cell” stage in the process. The researchers said they were [...]

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