More proof that skin is an amazing organ!

This has little to do with beauty and skin health, but I thought that it was so fascinating that I just had to share.

In 2007, researchers at the University of Wisconsin – Madison first determined that skin cells could be turned back into stem cells. That’s pretty amazing in and of itself, but it gets better. In a new study published in the February 12th, 2009 edition of “Circulation Research”, the researchers at UW – Madison found a way to turn these skin cells – cum – stem cells into working heart tissue. Researchers are working towards the day when heart patients can have new cardiac tissue grown from their own skin cells, instead of waiting on the transplant list.

So this Valentine’s Day, remember to take care of your skin. You never know when you’ll be calling on it to fix your broken heart!