In a phase I clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have partially transformed ordinary human skin cells into volar skin - the durable skin found exclusively on the palms and soles that resists friction and pressure.

In a phase 1 clinical trial, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have partially transformed ordinary human skin cells into volar skin—the durable skin found exclusively on the palms and soles ...