Two of 18 CMS-Covered Skin Substitute Products are Medical-Fish-Skin Grafts from Kerecis

Importantly, two of the 18 covered products, MariGen (R) and Shield (R) , are Kerecis medical fish-skin grafts, highlights the strength of Kerecis' clinical evidence and long-standing commitment to ...
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 ...

Kellen Chen receives funding from the Plastic Surgery Foundation Translational Grant Award and C-DOCTOR (supported by the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research and National Institutes ...
New Atlas

Mussel glue used in scar-free skin grafting technique

Mussels have long been known for the adhesive they produce, which allows them to cling to rocks. The protein responsible has now been utilized in a new skin grafting technique, which reportedly ...
IFLScience

3D Artificial Skin Grafts Can Be Slipped On Like Clothing For Fiddly Body Parts

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...
Newsweek

How Fish Skin is Being Used to Treat Burn Victims

Skin from cod and tilapia is being used to treat burns and other skin damage. Icelandic biotechnology company Kerecis has developed an FDA-approved cod-skin treatment that can speed up burn healing ...

I Survived a Dangerous and Painful Skin Disorder

ANTONIO TORRES, A 24-year-old from Denver, used to spend six hours each day bathing and meticulously wrapping the red, raw ...
Rolling Stone

Jay Leno Just Underwent a Skin Graft for His Burns — and Is Passing Out Cookies to Kids in the Hospital

Jay Leno underwent his first surgery, a skin grafting procedure, after suffering serious burns in an accident involving a gasoline fire over the weekend. During a press conference Wednesday, Leno’s ...
Science Daily

Scarless skin grafting using mussel adhesive protein

A professor develops a bioadhesive based on the mussel adhesive protein for sutureless skin grafting. Skin regenerative effect maximized with controlled releases of dual drugs. One of the biggest ...
Chicago Tribune

Genetically altered skin grafts hold promise as addiction treatment, University of Chicago scientists say

Scientists at the University of Chicago have come up with an intriguing potential treatment to combat cocaine and alcohol addictions — a skin graft genetically altered to release molecules that curb ...

21-year-old woman has arm tattoo put on her tongue after undergoing skin graft during cancer treatment: 'Unbelievable'

Harriet Trewhitt said her story makes a "good dating anecdote" after she was diagnosed with tongue cancer earlier this year ...
New York Post

How a skin graft could be the next breakthrough in addiction treatment

A potential new surgical treatment for cocaine and alcohol addiction only goes skin deep, but could leave a long-lasting impact. University researchers Xiaoyang Wu and Ming Xu have seen mice hooked on ...