Category: What’s Coming

A gloved hand holds a petri dish containing a thin translucent sheet of cultured skin
What's Coming

Growing Skin in a Laboratory

Laboratory-grown skin has been saving lives since the 1980s. What it solved, what it still cannot do, where the research actually stands, and what the difficulty of rebuilding skin says about scars.

  • American Board of Dermatology
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