Rare Skin Disease Treatment Update: Transplanting Genetically Healthy Skin to Inflamed Areas May Help Treat EI and IWC
Transplanting healthy skin to diseased areas may be treatment option for epidermolytic ichthyosis (EI) and ichthyosis with confetti (IWC), according to a study out of Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan. The researchers found that revertant somatic recombination could be used for a pioneering therapy. By making grafts called cultured epidermal autografts (CEAs), […]