Dr. Barry Dworkin

Experimental and ingenious treatment uses virus to genetically alter skin stem cells to combat boy’s epidermolysis bullosa saving his life

Health Headlines Commentary for November 10, 2017

Source:

Lab-Grown Skin Saves Dying Boy with Rare Disease

Reference:

Regeneration of the entire human epidermis using transgenic stem cells

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