Source: University of Minnesota
Date: November 2, 2007
Summary:
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview doctors have performed the first bone marrow and cord blood transplant to treat recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Children with RDEB lack a protein that anchors skin to the body, resulting in fragile skin that sloughs off with little movement or friction. They suffer painful wounds and must be bandaged at all times to protect their skin from further damage and infection.
