{"id":2638,"date":"2011-05-23T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T07:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2012-03-21T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T23:12:55","slug":"new-hope-for-third-degree-burn-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/science\/news\/new-hope-for-third-degree-burn-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"New hope for third-degree burn victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 452px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/SKIN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2639\" title=\"SKIN\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/SKIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/SKIN.jpg 452w, https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/SKIN-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dermal templates were engineered at the laboratory of Abraham Strook, associate professor at Cornell University, US. The findings were published in the journal Biomaterials. Image: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A team of scientists has developed tissue grafts that promote vascular growth.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Made out of a biocompatible material called type 1 collagen, the dermal plates will reduce the need for surgeries and will accelerate the process of healing as they promote ingrowth within the vascular system. As quoted on the press release: &#8220;The grafts promote the ingrowth of a vascular system \u2014 the network of vessels that carry blood and circulate fluid through the body \u2014 to the wounded area by providing a template for growth of both the tissue (dermis, the deepest layer of skin), and the vessels. Type I collagen is biocompatible and contains no living cells itself, reducing concerns about immune system response and rejection of the template.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists also designed microchannels that allow the proper growth and absorption of the new tissue.<\/p>\n<p>This tissue graft might put an end to the often-painful reconstructive surgeries that these patients have to endure. The team of researchers will continue working with the tissue graft and will develop a special polymer mesh to cover the wounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of scientists has developed tissue grafts that promote vascular growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,47,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-innovation","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4396,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2638\/revisions\/4396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}