In Algeciras, in the south of Spain, Fran Fernandez’s life changed completely one summer day, seven years ago, a date she will never forget. On August 5, 2017, he was hit by an explosion that burned 75% of his skin, according to Euronews.
“When he arrived at the hospital, Fran had no more than 48 hours to live, but today he is alive thanks to a dozen surgeries and multiple grafts of his own and artificial skin,” it said.
Now, synthetic human skin or cultured skin is now approved Medicines Agency To be used as a treatment at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville. Euronews reports that it will be the first center in Spain where the advanced therapeutic drug “tissue-engineered human skin” can be used at hospital level for patients in the burn unit.
David Rodriguez is one of the surgeons at the hospital who will work with skin grafts. This doctor believes that if the drugs are approved by the Agency, the procedures for using this treatment will be reduced, which also reduces the high risk of infections, he told Euronews.
But there are more benefits: “The artificial skin is tailored to each patient’s specific needs, improving conformability and integration. This advance also reduces the need for additional grafts and shortens recovery time, improving patients’ quality of life,” it added.
After years of research and the first pre-clinical study at the Tissue Engineering Group of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada, the skin is being developed in the laboratories of the Cell Production and Tissue Engineering Unit of the University Hospital Virgen de los Nieves. , ibs.GRANADA Professor and researcher Antonio Campos expresses the publication according to the guidelines.
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