Researchers created artificial skin that could aid medical treatments and combat wrinkles

Researchers from the Human Cell Atlas project recently made an amazing scientific discovery that could help humanity reverse the outward signs of aging and better heal the scars left from injuries.

According to BBC News, a team of researchers figured out how the human body creates skin from stem cells and then replicated the method to make a small amount of skim in the laboratory.

First, the researchers identified the genes that get activated in the body to create skin, they also figured out the specific times and places where this process occurs across the body's largest organ.

From there, the researchers used chemical substances that controlled the activation and deactivation of the genes at precise times and places in the body.

The researchers managed to grow tiny blobs of skin tissue that BBC News noted eventually sprouted little hairs.

The study's findings were published in the scientific journal Nature, which provides instructions for how other scientists could replicate the process developed by researchers at the Human Cell Atlas project.

Researchers believe that, over time, their discovery could be used for treatments that reduce the appearance of wrinkles on the skin.

“If we can manipulate the skin and prevent ageing we will have fewer wrinkles," Muzlifah Haniffa, one of the project leaders, was quoted as saying about the discovery according to BBC News.

The discovery also has other applications. For example, it could be used to develop skin grafts for burn patients and in tissue transplants.

Another application with great potential is the possibility of the process being used to stimulate hair growth in bald people by creating new hair follicles in the skin.

Furthermore, the study, which is still ongoing, could revolutionize the treatment of hereditary skin diseases, as well as test new medications.

The Human Cell Atlas project is one of the most ambitious initiatives in modern biology. It has brought together international efforts to map the functioning of human cells.

In eight years of activity, the Human Cell Atlas Project has analyzed 100 million cells from different parts of the body.

Among Human Cell Atlas project's advances are detailed maps of the brain and lungs, while researchers continue to work on atlases of the kidneys, liver and heart according to the Brazilian news outlet O Globo.

“It will lead to a rewriting of the textbooks in terms of ourselves and our tissues and organs and how they function.” Teichmann added.