The Invention of Artificial Skin
How a chemist and a surgeon found a way of helping burns to heal.
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 3, 20189m 33s
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Show Notes
How a chemist and a surgeon found a way of helping burns to heal. Chemist Ioannis Yannas was working alongside surgeon John Burke when they first made the breakthrough using a membrane made of collagen to cover burns which were too large for skin grafts.
Photo: Professor Ioannis Yannas with some of his collagen membrane. Credit: MIT.