Our Skin Can Save Us
If there’s one thing we’re all entangled with, it’s our skin, and this valuable outer covering may eventually be able to help us to find cures that will save our lives in many different ways, from curing cancer to repairing our spinal cords so paralyzed people can walk again. How? Stem cells! We are learning more and more new ways to heal ourselves–and our planet (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).
Our skin is the largest organ on our body and it’s also one of the few organs that we are able to lose pieces of since it (mostly always) regenerates. It also contains a number of different types of stem cells, which are are less likely to be rejected since they are from the donor’s own body (unlike stem cells taken from embryos).
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