Spray-on Skin Offers Fast Healing for Burns

[napi21]

http://news.discovery.com/tech/spray-on-skin-burn-victims.html?campaign=w01-101-ae-0003

Spray-on skin that heals burns in days, not weeks, is set to begin clinical trials as soon as next month.

Avita Medical's ReCell technology uses a postage stamp-sized piece of skin from a patient to heal a page's-worth of burned skin. The technology could save the lives of burn victims by reducing the risk of deadly infections as early as next year.

"We need to get these burn wounds closed quickly," said John Geisel, a scientist at Avita Medical developing the technology. "Until we do, these wounds lose blood and a patient runs the risk of a life-threatening infection."

Interesting tech and they say it could be available by next year!

[mucifer]

1. That's wonderful!

[Warpy]

2. They've been growing skin from patient donor cells for years

but it takes time for the new skin to develop. If that time lag along with the painful dressing changes and extreme risk of infection can be reduced, that's great.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. What a wonderful concept...especially for our returning soldiers who seem to have suffered

so many terrible burns.

[laughingliberal]

4. A great advance in a very difficult field! nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Indeed!

[BunkerHill24]

6. Happy to K&R..n/t

[abelenkpe]

7. This is great!

I hope it is available as soon as they suppose.