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Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-02 20:33
Treating serious burns is a time consuming process that normally takes weeks or months, leaving patients open to dangerous infections as they heal. This newly-developed stem cell shooting spray gun reduces healing time to days. Warning: Graphic video inside.
Most of the damage from serious burns doesn't come from flames. It comes from infections brought on by a lack of protection due to damaged skin. The lengthy healing process associated with major burns can leave patients open to such infections for months, even with proper care and wound dressing.
Doctor Jörg Gerlach of the University of Pittsburgh's McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine has created a method that has patients regenerating new skin in days using stem cells.
Now before everyone flies off the handle, these aren't the embryonic stem cells that have been so controversial over the past decade. These are skin stem cells harvested from the patient themselves; adult stem cells.
The cells are applied via a spray mechanism over the area damaged by the burn, and the results speak for themselves in the National Geographic video below.
Again this video contains graphic images of burn wounds. You've been warned twice now. Sometimes science gets a little ugly.
[video=youtube;eXO_ApjKPaI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXO_ApjKPaI[/video]
http://kotaku.com/5750108/stem-cell-shooting-gun-heals-massive-burns-in-days
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MiniSoda wrote on 2011-02-02 20:39
Ew. That pic on the video looks gross
Also, the video's blocked in Canada :l
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Tatsu wrote on 2011-02-02 20:39
And how many patients weren't successfully treated with this? Would very like to know.
Either way, this is amazing.
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Cannibal wrote on 2011-02-02 20:44
That is pretty amazing. 4 days? If they can perfect something like that, or at least get it to where it works most the time, the life expectancy rate of severe burn victims will go way up.
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Cynic wrote on 2011-02-02 20:50
Wow.. that is pretty amazing. I'd loved to have seen it in action more, but meh.
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Piko wrote on 2011-02-02 20:53
4 Days for something that crazy to heal? Damn.
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Sleeperdial wrote on 2011-02-02 22:28
Based upon my knowledge of biology they could potentially use this method to remove cancer.
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Micho wrote on 2011-02-02 23:11
Blocked, and I was interested in it. ; _____;
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starpaw7 wrote on 2011-02-03 00:30
That is amazing.
Hopefully it will soon be available in most hospitals, maybe something like this could be used to solve other injuries
I wonder how they felt while the skin was growing back at that rate :what:
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Tedio wrote on 2011-02-03 00:44
Cant watch it.
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Sleeperdial wrote on 2011-02-03 02:21
Quote from starpaw7;317726:
That is amazing.
Hopefully it will soon be available in most hospitals, maybe something like this could be used to solve other injuries
I wonder how they felt while the skin was growing back at that rate :what:
"Hey dude, wanna see my skin regenerate?"
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-02-03 03:02
Minus one point for copyright.
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Taycat wrote on 2011-02-03 18:46
Wow.
I feel sorry for the ones it didn't work on though....