It has long injections and injections in our practice medicine, but the ideal solution for the treatment and prevention of syringes can not be named. Places on the body after the injections are often inflamed and multiple acupuncture can damage the vascular tissue.
This problem has recently decided to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. They propose to use high-tech patches of "synthetic skin". Thanks to them, to engage in gene therapy can be without the need for injections and monitor the process of healing from a mobile phone.
Testing a new technique conducted on mice. Scientists injected into the animal organism atrial natriuretic peptide, ANP. To do this, researchers had to grow fibroblast cells (the main form of connective tissue cells of vertebrate animals and man) and keratinocytes (cell that synthesizes keratin). Then the cells were grown mixed with a gelatinous mass.
Thus, was obtained synthetic leather, which as a result of the experiment were placed on the body of mice. Despite the fact that the process of "matching" took a few weeks, the organisms of animals had implant successfully. Added to the structure of synthetic leather atrial natriuretic peptide began to act immediately. Thus, the patch of synthetic leather facilitated lower blood pressure, researchers what they wanted.
According to experts, very soon patches of synthetic skin can be used and people. Compared with injections, it is much easier and less painful. You do not need to implant a high-tech areas of skin. Suffice it to only "wear" the patch. Particularly useful such patches can be for diabetics.
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