The University of Utah (USA) has developed a spray that heals burns using … the patient's stem cells. The first experiments showed remarkable results
The role of the test was performed by a certain Kay Adkins, suffering from diabetes. For known reasons, her wound remained open for several months (imagine what kind of bacterial circus was going on there), and treatment with traditional methods, which lasted more than one week, did not give anything. Even a transplant of her own skin did not help.
But - welcome to the world of modern regenerative medicine! - the doctors used the technology of obtaining stem cells, which allows you to do everything you need within just fifteen minutes, practically without leaving the patient's bed. So so. Take some blood, remove the red cells, make a concentrate of platelets and progenitor cells combined with calcium and thrombin and apply this jelly to the burn site.
Five weeks ago, Mrs. Adkins' stem cells also came in handy for her heart - during the bypass surgery. But today you won't surprise anyone with this.
The experiment is being closely watched by the US military. Effectively treating serious burns and wounds almost in the trenches is a long-standing dream of field surgery. Doctors believe that ubiquitous growing of skin in bioreactors will become a reality in five years.
It's that simple.