Skin
Various types of artificial skin are available or in the
works. One used for treating leg ulcers is living tissue
cultured in the laboratory using human cells grown from the
discarded foreskins of circumcised newborns.
(1)
Another is a non-living skin substitute used to temporarily
cover severe burns.
(4)
Yet another relies on donated human skin from tissue banks
that is then stripped of cells so a patient's own cells can
colonize it.
(5)
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