Researchers heal chronic wounds with skin from cadavers
Researchers heal chronic wounds with skin from cadavers – Human skin from cadavers that have had their cells removed can help treat wounds, researchers say. This new treatment could prove especially helpful for chronic skin wounds, which are a growing threat to public health, scientists added.
The scientists use antibiotics to decontaminate the skin and a combination of detergents, enzymes and other chemicals to remove cells from the skin. This “decellularized” skin no longer contains cells that can trigger immune reactions and cause a person’s body to reject the organ.
According to the National Institutes of Health, treating such wounds costs the United States more than $25 billion annually. About 1 in 100 people in the United States will suffer from chronic leg ulcers during their lifetime.
Senior author Ardeshir Bayat says, with an aging population and increasing rates of diseases linked to ulcers and other skin wounds, such as diabetes , obesity and heart disease , the prevalence and costs of such wounds are likely to rise in the future.
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