Insight to Tissue Regeneration
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One Million Dollar CFBTS Gift Creates Chair for Skin Regeneration & Wound Healing
One Million Dollar Gift The Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society is extraordinarily proud to announce a one million dollar gift to the University of Calgary to establish the Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society Chair in Skin Regeneration and Wound Healing within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. […]
Transplant of Adult Human Dermal Precursors to Improve Split Thickness Skin Grafts
Investigators: Jeff Biernaskie (project leader), University of Calgary; Vincent Gabriel, University of Calgary Description: The surgical standard of care for deep burns and wounds is autologous split thickness skin grafting (STSG). It can be done quickly and may be lifesaving. Unfortunately, because only the superficial layers of skin can usually be harvested, STSGs do [...]
Burn Management
Burn management has also made marked improvements. Two decades ago, a healthy young person with burns to 70% percent of his body had only a 20 percent chance of survival. […]