🌍 Over 11 million people suffer severe burns annually, and over 300,000 die from burn-related complications — often due to lack of skin grafts, infections, or immune rejection.

 🌍 Over 11 million people suffer severe burns annually, and over 300,000 die from burn-related complications — often due to lack of skin grafts, infections, or immune rejection.

💡 Now, imagine healing deep wounds without donor skin, scars, or complex surgery.

🇸🇪 Researchers in Sweden have developed “Skin-in-a-Syringe” — a futuristic living gel made of human cells that can be injected or 3D-printed directly into damaged tissue. Once inside, it solidifies and regenerates skin—without a traditional graft.

🧪 The science: scientists grew fibroblasts on gelatin beads, suspended them in hyaluronic acid, and linked them using click chemistry. This soft gel flows easily but firms once injected. In animal studies, it even formed blood vessels, produced collagen, and helped grow the deep dermis — a layer traditional grafts often fail to restore.

📈 Early studies show the gel integrates with tissue naturally and accelerates healing — no donor needed, no visible scars.

🧾 Learn more: https://www.medicalxpress.com/news/2024-06-living-skin-gel-syringe.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-06957

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38642789

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240611113032.htm

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/burns

💭 As someone trained in both traditional and modern systems of medicine, I’m fascinated by how biotech meets regeneration. Could we one day create organs-in-a-syringe the same way we now imagine skin?

📣 What do you think? Can this transform burn care in low-resource settings too?

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