Lip problems, simply, have been impossible to treat. Dr. Martin Egen at Bern University Hospital "just changed that." ...

Lip skin is different from the rest of our skin, and lip cells are hard to grow in the lab and difficult to acquire from donors, which has been a hurdle for research into treatments for lip-related ...

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 ...

Dr. Martin Degen, University of Bern The second-best option would be immortalized lip cells which can be grown in the lab. To achieve this, scientists alter the expression of certain genes ...

To fill the gap, the scientists successfully immortalised donated lip cells. This enabled them to develop clinically relevant ...

Swiss scientists have successfully created 3D cell models using lip cells. This achievement, a first in the world, could potentially revolutionize the treatment of lip injuries and infections.