The skin on our lips is distinctly different and more complex than other skin on our bodies, and primary lip cells are hard to acquire, which holds back basic research that could help improve treatments for painful and complicated lip conditions. Now, for the first time, scientists have developed a continuously replicating model of lip cells in the laboratory. Using donated lip tissue, they have created cell lines which can be grown indefinitely to make 3D models for advancing lip biology research and testing repairs for conditions like cleft lips.
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