Millions of bodies suffer a loss of soft tissue — namely skin or muscle — each year. It can result from trauma, natural aging, or even surgery, like a mastectomy for breast cancer patients. Typically, the only option to repair such damage is surgery, and transferring tissue from one part of the body to another. But a group of Johns Hopkins plastic surgeons and scientists envision a better way to repair soft tissue damage, and make patients whole again. LifeSprout was founded out of Hopkins…
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