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Scientists Grew Totally New Skin for a 7-Year-Old Boy and Saved His Life – TIME

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2017-11-08 NEWS

TIME

Scientists Grew Totally New Skin for a 7-Year-Old Boy and Saved His Life
TIME
A group of European researchers used stem cell therapy to grow replacement skin for a seven-year-old boy, potentially opening the door to a new class of stem cell treatments in the future. Since birth, the young patient had suffered skin lesions and
Genetically modified skin grown from stem cells saved a 7-year-old boy’s lifeWashington Post
‘Extraordinary’ tale: Stem cells heal a young boy’s lethal skin diseaseSTAT
A boy with a rare disease gets new skin, thanks to gene-corrected stem cellsScience Magazine
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2017-11-08 NEWS

Engadget

New gene therapy technique saves boy’s life by growing new skin
Engadget
A young boy with a rare genetic skin disorder is alive and well two years after an experimental gene therapy technique was used to grow and replace nine square feet of his skin. The paper, just published in the journal Nature, describes how doctors in
Gene Therapy Skin Grafts Save Boy With Rare DiseaseNBCNews.com
Gene Therapy Creates Replacement Skin to Save a Dying BoyNew York Times
Boy With Rare Disease Gets Brand New Skin With Gene TherapySnopes.com
The Times of Israel –Popular Science –Genetics Home Reference – NIH –Centro di Medicina Rigenerativa “Stefano Ferrari”
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