Tissue engineering skin: a paradigm shift in wound care.
Tissue-engineered skin for the treatment of burns and ulcers is a clinical success, but making it commercially viable is more problematic. This article examines the industry, its techniques and suggests the way forward.
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Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Unit, Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, UK. chris.mason@ucl.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy; D002417:Cattle; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000637:transplantation; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D014945:Wound Healing
D003094:Collagen