Skin
Key features for engineering skin
- A dermal element capable of aiding appropriate dermal repair and epidermal support
- An epidermis capable of easily achieving wound closure
- An epidermis capable of rapid reestablishment of barrier properties of the skin
- A permissive environment for the components of the immune system, nervous system and vasculature
- A tissue capable of achieving normalization of structure and additional function such as reduction of long term scarring