A team of scientists from the University of Queensland in Australia has created the world's first fully functional human skin in the lab. This skin contains blood vessels, nerves, hair follicles, pigment, immune cells and various layers. It functions just like natural skin.
Abbas Shafi, the head of the research team, said that this is the most realistic skin model ever created. Through this, various skin diseases will be understood more clearly and new medical testing opportunities will be created.
Scientists first convert human skin cells into stem cells. Stem cells are a type of cell from which any cell in the body can be created. These stem cells are placed in a special container (Petri dish) to create small-sized skin, which is called a skin organoid. Later, the same stem cells are used to create small blood vessels and connect them to that skin. As a result, it develops naturally like natural skin.
The results of this study have been published in the international journal Advanced Healthcare Materials. The research took six years to complete.
Co-author of the study, Professor Kiarash Khasrotehrani, said that this breakthrough will open up new possibilities in the treatment of complex problems such as chronic skin diseases such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and scleroderma (a disease that hardens the skin).
The researchers hope that in the future this technology will also play a major role in skin burns or transplantation and will open new horizons for people suffering from long-term skin diseases.
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