The Skin(ny) on Regenerating the Largest Organ to Save a Patient's Life.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 29304338.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2017.12.005 and PMC identifier 5961940.
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Abstract
Stem cells hold enormous potential to regenerate an entire organ for organ replacement therapy. Recently, in Nature, Hirsch et al. (2017) restored the expression of laminin-332 in epidermal stem cells isolated from an individual with junctional epidermolysis bullosa and grafted the entire skin back to save the patient's life.
Medical subject headings
- Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional
- Skin