Student with severe facial burns from a frat house fire healed through new innovative treatment

After surviving a fire, a teenage girl had severe burns on her face. Instead of skin grafts, her doctors wanted to try an ...

Dangerous 'squishy' toy trend leaves children needing surgery and skin grafts

Several children have sustained severe burns after taking part in a social media trend to heat 'squishy' toys in the ...
The Conversation

Skin grafts for burns injuries can lead to crippling scars – a drug that blocks the skin’s ability to respond to physical stimuli could promote healing, new research in ...

Reducing a skin graft’s responsiveness to its physical environment could help improve healing and reduce scarring from large injuries like burns or blast wounds, according to our recent study ...

Warning over ‘explosive’ squishy toy trend landing children in hospital with severe burns and needing skin grafts

PARENTS have been warned to stop their children from heating viral squishy toys, with these “explosive” products causing ...
Medical Xpress

Skin grafts for burns can lead to crippling scars: Blocking skin's response to physical stimuli could promote healing

Reducing a skin graft's responsiveness to its physical environment could help improve healing and reduce scarring from large injuries like burns or blast wounds, according to our recent study ...
Medical Xpress

Bioengineered skin grafts that fit like gloves

If you've ever tried giftwrapping an odd-shaped present like a teddy bear, you can appreciate the challenge that surgeons face when grafting artificial skin onto an injured body part. Like wrapping ...