Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18040789
Keywords
tissue engineering; skin regeneration; skin substitutes
Funding
- National Science Foundation NSF-CREST [HRD-1241701]
- NSF-HBCU-UP [HRD-1135863]
- US Department of Education-Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) [P120A150008]
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Tissue engineered skin substitutes for wound healing have evolved tremendously over the last couple of years. New advances have been made toward developing skin substitutes made up of artificial and natural materials. Engineered skin substitutes are developed from acellular materials or can be synthesized from autologous, allograft, xenogenic, or synthetic sources. Each of these engineered skin substitutes has their advantages and disadvantages. However, to this date, a complete functional skin substitute is not available, and research is continuing to develop a competent full thickness skin substitute product that can vascularize rapidly. There is also a need to redesign the currently available substitutes to make them user friendly, commercially affordable, and viable with longer shelf life. The present review focuses on providing an overview of advances in the field of tissue engineered skin substitute development, the availability of various types, and their application.
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