Ha Noi (VNA) - The National Burn Institute has successfully grown new skin cells, helping to recreate skin and more quickly heal persons injured by burns, according to the institute's director, Dr. Le Nam.
To create new skin cells, doctors take a square centimetre of skin sample and then grow additional tissue from it in a culture, before grafting it onto the patient. After four weeks, new cells are created, and the skin transplant can be carried out.
Formerly, the cost of generating new cells was so high that Viet Nam hospitals couldn't afford to treat burn patients.
The new success in tissue culture will enable more patients to receive better treatment.
The new cells not only treat burns but are useful for other diseases, including wounds that won't heal, and the effects of diabetes, radioactivitity and chemical poisoning, Nam said.-Enditem
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