Renowned burn surgeon leaves Toronto for Hamilton to reboot General's burn trauma unit, develop 'skin printing' stem cell tech - Hamilton Spectator

A 3D skin printer has been used to treat burn injuries in animals but not yet humans. ‘We will be able to create skin for patients’, says Dr. Marc Jeschke.

Even at six or seven years old, growing up in Germany, he already knew he wanted to be a surgeon, just like his father’s best friend. But it wasn’t until his 30s, based at a hospital burn unit on th… [+3254 chars]

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