How it started ...
November 2009
Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin, with the support of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), have developed a skin model that is not created using skin cells, but using cells taken from hair. And now they are trying to create artificial skin that has hair - just like in real life.
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December 2010 - UPDATE
Main article by “Welt Online” (“World Online”) translated from German into English:
Many popular media in Europe reported about this breakthrough during the past few days – of course most of these articles are published in the German language.
November 2009
Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin, with the support of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), have developed a skin model that is not created using skin cells, but using cells taken from hair. And now they are trying to create artificial skin that has hair - just like in real life.
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December 2010 - UPDATE
Main article by “Welt Online” (“World Online”) translated from German into English:
Many popular media in Europe reported about this breakthrough during the past few days – of course most of these articles are published in the German language.
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