Stem cell strategies in burns care.
The prospect of being able to replace damaged tissue by the process of regeneration would dramatically and irrevocably change the impact, management and outcome of burns. The current understanding of stem cell-based modulation and therapy together with their potential developments do bring this prospect ever closer to a clinical reality. This paper gives a background to stem cell strategies in burns care and identifies actual or prospective applications which, collectively, will forever change burns care throughout the world.
Burd
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China. andrewburd@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk
Ahmed
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Lam
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Ayyappan
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Huang
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D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing