Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Società italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia
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The study of stem cells in the epidermis is a rapidly emerging field. Great advances have been made in both basic and clinical research. ⋯ Advances in the clinic include recognition of the importance of stem cells for wound repair and for gene therapy and promising results have been obtained in a patient with junctional epidermolysis bullosa over a 12 month period of observation. This article discusses these recent advances in cutaneous stem cell biology.