Source: Reuters
Posted: June 26, 2007 5:45AM EDT
Summary:
Reuters reports that Intercytex, a biotechnology company in the field of stem cell research, announced it has created artificial skin to improve wound healing:
"A British biotechnology company has developed a long-lasting artificial skin that has produced promising results in healing wounds in early clinical trials. Scientists said the advance could mark a breakthrough in regenerative medicine. Intercytex Group Plc, which specializes in cell therapy, said on Tuesday its laboratory-made living skin was fully and consistently integrated into the human body. The new skin appears to work better than other substitutes tried in the past, which biodegrade in situ after a few weeks...Intercytex now plans to test ICX-SKN on larger wounds and move on to pivotal clinical trials that would generate sufficient data to seek a marketing license."
