Spray-on skin for burn victims (warning: graphic burn images in vid)

[plasmid303]

I thought this was an astounding breakthrough:

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Video from National Geographic.

The skin gun is not science fiction—it's a prototype medical device that literally sprays skin cells onto burn victims to re-grow skin. Old methods like skin grafts took weeks to heal; the skin gun needs about an hour.

We've heard about the spray-on skin gun back in 2008 but we didn't think it'd become this real, this useful, this fast. Though it is still technically in an experimental stage, the skin gun has already successfully treated over a dozen burn victims. The way it works is by using stem cells from the patient's healthy skin and mixing it with a solution to come up with the spray paint. And combined with that fancy gun, the rest is easy. Doctors say "skin cell spraying is like paint spraying".

The video has some graphic burn images, so don't watch unless you have the stomach for it. This clip will also air on National Geographic's Explorer: How to Build a Beating Heart. Stem cells have long been a point of controversy but this is really wonderful science at work.

https://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4828/Videos#tab-Overview

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

interesting

 

[Wake]

This is truly AMAZING. Its like science fiction... something out of Star Trek

 

[CelticPredator]

That's the coolest thing i've ever seen..

 

[CelticPredator]

This is truly AMAZING. Its like science fiction... something out of Star Trek

STAR WARS! They said STAR WARS!

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Liam Neeson from Darkman!!!

 

[The Josh]

That's the coolest thing i've ever seen..

Totally! The tech thats coming all the time is amazing and shows what we can accomplish for good as a society.

 

[CelticPredator]

 

[hairlesswookiee]

With all the money the George guy would be making from the gun you'd think he'd be able to afford a comb or a hair cut.

 

[Devil_666]

With all the money the George guy would be making from the gun you'd think he'd be able to afford a comb or a hair cut.

Maybe his next invention should be some type of device that can trim hair. Wait..

 

[plasmid303]

His hair defies science.

 

[Shatterer of Dreams]

that is pretty amazing, the gun and his hair......

 

[Devil_666]

His hair defies science.

"Blue Steel".

 

[Bannister]

that is pretty amazing, the gun and his hair......

The hair more so.

 

[fosing]

EPIC.

eat yer heart out, darkman.

 

[plasmid303]

"Blue Steel".

I wish I could be a scientist/runway model just like him someday.

 

[Biojex]

All the good geniuses have crazy hair.

 

[devilof76]

There's no such thing as geniuses. We as a society made it.

 

[batfan08]

This is incredible.Would anyone else like to see some sort of time lapse video showing how it works?

 

[Biojex]

There's no such thing as geniuses. We as a society made it.

Well...all those guys associated with that word have crazy hair then.