Burns were traditionally treated with skin grafts, taking sections from parts of a patient’s body or growing sheets of skin artificially and grafting them over the burn. However, the grafts could take weeks or months to heal and during the recovery time, the patient could suffer infections because of the damage to the skin. As a result, Professor Jorg C. Gerlach and colleagues of the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburg’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine developed the skin gun. The skin gun was first introduced in 2008.
The skin gun is a medical device that sprays the person’s own self-donated stem cells to treat burns and other wounds. This procedure works like a paint spray gun that help regenerate the skin and
The skin gun is a medical device that sprays the person’s own self-donated stem cells to treat burns and other wounds. This procedure works like a paint spray gun that help regenerate the skin and