A “failed experiment” became a life-saving discovery by MIT Professor Ioannis V. Yannas and his colleague Dr. John Burke when their search for a better way to treat severe burn victims led to the discovery of organ regeneration — thought impossible by the scientific and medical communities at the time — as well as a brand new field of medicine.
Watch this wonderful tribute to the “artificial skin” developed by Drs. Burke and Yannas, who were recently inducted to the Inventors Hall of Fame.
