The Skin(ny) on Regenerating the Largest Organ to Save a Patient’s Life

Publication date: 4 January 2018
Source:Cell Stem Cell, Volume 22, Issue 1
Author(s): Rui Yi
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.

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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.


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