Farah Mansour, et. al, Immortalization of patient-derived lip cells for establishing 3D lip models
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Scientists create a world-first 3D cell model to help develop treatments for devastating lip injuries. In a new study published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, scientists report the successful immortalization of donated lip cells, allowing for the development of clinically relevant lip models in the lab. This proof-of-concept, once expanded, could benefit thousands of patients.
“The lip is a very prominent feature of our face,” said Dr Martin Degen of the University of Bern. “Any defects in this tissue can be highly disfiguring. But until now, human lip cell models for developing treatments were lacking. With our strong collaboration with the University Clinic for Pediatric Surgery, Bern University Hospital, we were able to change that, using lip tissue that would have been discarded otherwise.”
