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Spray-on skin is a patented skin culturing treatment for burns victims, developed by scientist Marie Stoner and plastic surgeon Dr Fiona Wood of Perth, Western Australia. Wood's treatment is under ongoing development. Where previous techniques of skin culturing required 21 days to produce enough cells to cover major burns, Wood has reduced the period to five days. Through research, she found that scarring is greatly reduced if replacement skin could be provided within 10 days. 〔(Australian of the Year recipient profile )〕 Wood established a company called Avita Medical (formerly Clinical Cell Culture) in 1993 to commercialise the procedure. Her business came about after a schoolteacher arrived at Royal Perth Hospital in 1992 with petrol burns to 90% of his body. Wood turned to the emerging Australian-invented technology of cultured skin to save his life, working nights in a laboratory along with scientist Marie Stoner. The two women began to explore tissue engineering and moved from growing skin sheets to spraying skin cells. 〔(Spray on Skin )〕 As well as receiving praise from both her own patients and the media, she also attracted controversy among other burns surgeons because spray-on skin had not yet been subjected to clinical trials. A clinical trial was planned at Queen Victoria Hospital, England. FDA Approved US Trials commenced in 2006, the trial attracted only small numbers of participants and was suspended by Avita.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FDA approves Avita Medical ReCell® Spray-On Skin clinical trial in USA )〕 A new study based on a modified study proposal commenced in 2010 with the assistance of a US$1.45 million grant from the US Army. 〔 Participant rates for the new trial were again lower than expected.〔 The technology is currently approved for use in Australia, Europe, Mexico, Canada and China. 〔 ==See also== *Skin cell gun *Spray-on condom *Fabrican *Avita Medical *Fiona Wood 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spray-on skin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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