Handheld Printer Prints Skin for Severe Burns

Feb-05-20 Large burns can't be treated with harvested skin grafts, so scientists at the University of Toronto invented a handheld printer that prints out sheets of biomaterial that promote skin regeneration.

Recent trials on pig skins with full-thickness burns demonstrated the sheets ability to repopulate dermal cells and form new blood vessels.

They are now working on improving the technology to further limit scarring and believe that their printer could be in use within the next five years, changing entirely how burn and trauma care is practiced.

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