| EB - Epidermolysis Bullosa is a rare genetic condition casing a person skin to be very delicate. where even a simple seem can cause blistering to occur. Those affected must have their entire body continuously wrapped in bandages. But researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a cure. Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Childrens Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boys fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and bone marrow transplant. Nate Liao, a 25-month-old from Clarksburg, New Jersey, underwent the experimental therapy in October 2007. |
