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New technique heals wounds with reprogrammed skin cells

  • Written by Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Professor, Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Adjunct Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego
New technique heals wounds with reprogrammed skin cellsPatient with leg ulcers.Chaikom/Shutterstock.com

People with severe burns, bedsores or chronic diseases such as diabetes are at risk for developing wounds known as cutaneous ulcers, which can extend through multiple layers of the skin.

Apart from being extremely painful, these wounds can lead to serious, sometimes deadly, infections or amputations....

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