Spare parts for human bodies CH4

Boiling oil spilled on Jennifer's 10 month old baby, Zachary.
The clothes melted onto the Zachary's body.
Zachary was saved by the bioengineering marvel of artificial skin.
Skin consists of several specialized cell types with complex interactions.
The outer cells of skins are masters of multiplication allowing superficial burns to heal without a trace.
Tecniques
1. Grafting skin from the body, but creates a new wound.
2. Cell culture, but it takes weeks to heal.
3. Skin from human cadavers.
4. Skin from pigs.
Zachary was treated with bioengineered skin and it changes his prognosis radically. The only evidence of his burn is slightly crinkled skin.
Bioengineered artificial skin demonstrates our expanding ability to manipulate cells, the fundamental units of life.

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	Created by María Alejandra Lainfiesta Wahl over 5 years ago