skin substitute

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skin substitute,

a material used to cover wounds and burns where extensive areas of skin are missing, to promote healing. Effective skin substitutes are bilaminar, with dermal analogue and epidermal analogue layers, and may be synthetic or manufactured from tissue elements.

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composite cultured skin skin grafting toxic epidermal necrolysis TransCyte			Surgeons had to remove the skin from her face and use an artificial skin substitute and grafts from her body. Model's acid ordeal hell by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) New treatment tools, which mimic the body''s natural physiology and/or regenerative pathways, include tissue-engineered skin substitutes, regeneration matrices, and biologically active cellular therapies. As Products and Positive Outcomes Proliferate, Bioengineered Wound ... by Mark Smith / Health, general community Subjects covered in the papers include: stem cells and tissue- engineered skin, whole-cell bioprocessing of human fetal cells for tissue engineering, evaluation of biocompatibility and cytotoxicity using keratinocyte and fibroblast cultures, skin substitutes and wound healing, in vitro irritation models and immune reactions, and melanocytes--from morphology to application. Tissue engineering in dermatology by SciTech Book News			Skin Culture skin dose skin drag skin erythema dose Skin Failure skin flap Skin Fold Test skin graft skin grafting Skin hematoma skin irritation Skin Lesion Removal Skin Lesions skin patch Skin Peeling Syndrome skin pigment Skin Pigmentation Disorders Skin Popping skin prep skin resurfacing skin ridge skin rolling skin self-examination skin sensitization skin staple skin substitute skin surveillance skin tag skin test skin test conversion skin traction skin turgor skin type skinfold skinfold calipers skinfold thickness skinfold thickness measurement skink SkinLaser Skinlight Skinner Skinner box Skinner's line skinnerian skinny needle-biopsy skip metastases skippers Skirrow's medium skirt skirted fleece skirtings			skin receptor skin receptor skin resiliency test skin resiliency test skin resiliency test skin resiliency test skin resistance Skin Resurfacing skin ridge skin rolling skin screen skin screen skin screen skin screen skin screen skin search skin self-examination skin self-examination skin self-examination skin sensation skin sensation skin senses skin sensitization Skin So Soft skin staple skin sterilization skin sterilization skin sterilization skin sterilization skin sterilization skin substitute Skin Surface Biopsy Skin Surface Lipid Film Skin Surface Water Loss skin surveillance skin surveillance skin surveillance skin surveillance Skin Sympathetic Nerve Activity skin tag skin tag skin tag skin tag Skin Tags skin teeth skin teeth skin teeth skin teeth Skin Temperature Skin Temperature Controlled Repeated Thermal Stimulation System skin tension lines skin tension lines skin tension lines skin tension lines skin tenting test skin tenting test skin tenting test skin tenting test skin test skin test skin test

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