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Burn specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced today they have successfully used live-cell, genetically engineered pig skin (xenograft) for the temporary closure of a burn wound. Through an FDA-cleared phase one clinical trial led by surgeon Jeremy Goverman, MD, of the MGH Sumner Redstone Burn Service, this procedure marks the first-time pig tissue derived from an animal with gene edits has been transplanted directly onto a human wound.
Boston magazine has included 45 doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital’s Department of Surgery in its 2019 Top Doctors list.
After many years of sun exposure, Carolyn S. suffered from sunspots and age spots. She shares her experience with Jeremy Goverman, MD, and specialists at the Burn Division at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Joy Greene, a patient with the Sumner M. Redstone Burn Center at Mass General, shares her story.
In this Proto podcast, learn more about a Boston nightclub disaster became a milestone in burn care.