Improvements in acute burn care have enabled patients to survive massive burns that would
have once been fatal. Now up to 70% of patients develop hypertrophic scars after burns. The …

Recently, biomimetic wound dressings were introduced as potential replacements for
treating skin injuries. Although there are some clinically available skin replacements, the …

There are many studies on certain skin cell specifications and their contribution to wound
healing. In this review, we provide an overview of dermal cell heterogeneity and their …

The skin is the largest organ of the body, which meets the environment most directly. Thus,
the skin is vulnerable to various damages, particularly burn injury. Skin wound healing is a …

Scar formation is a common consequence of skin injuries that lead to a wide range of
adverse effects including physical deformities and psychological disorders. Studies …

Introduction The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays an integral role in wound healing. It
provides both structure and growth factors that allow for the organised cell proliferation …

Current advances in basic stem cell research and tissue engineering augur well for the
development of improved cultured skin tissue substitutes: a class of products that is still …

The tissue engineering field has developed in response to the shortcomings related to the
replacement of the tissues lost to disease or trauma: donor tissue rejection, chronic …

The promise of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering is founded on the ability to
regenerate diseased or damaged tissues and organs into functional tissues and organs or …

Situations where normal autografts cannot be used to replace damaged skin often lead to a
greater risk of mortality, prolonged hospital stay and increased expenditure for the National …