Clevers said the advantage offered by the "mother" stem cell finding would be that they could grow skin from its original basis -- allowing it to be "real new skin" with moisture from sebaceous glands and the ability to grow hair.
- "This is the mother of all the stem cells in the skin -- it makes all the other stem cells,"
- their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns.
(Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62A4KQ20100311