Experimental treatment heals burns without the scars that come from skin grafts

“Doctors in Ontario recently used an experimental treatment to help treat a burn victim’s face. Instead of skin grafts, which can cause disfiguring scars, the doctors obtained a compassionate-use authorization to treat her face with exosomes, microscopic particles released by cells that carry repair signals to damaged tissues. After two treatments, her facial burns healed without grafting,” reports The Doomslayer.

The CBC adds:

Doctors at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) say a Western University student injured in a London fraternity house fire has become the first burn patient in the world to receive an experimental treatment that could transform care for severe burn victims.

Kaitlin Jeffrey, 18, suffered serious burns to her face and neck during a fire at a frat house near Western in December 2025. The blaze sent five people to hospital.

After being transferred to Hamilton General Hospital’s regional burn centre, Jeffrey underwent a groundbreaking treatment using exosomes, which are tiny particles released by cells that help coordinate healing, tissue repair and reduce inflammation…

Exosomes have been studied for years in burn research but had never before been used in a human burn patient, according to HHS. While the particles have shown promise in other wound-healing applications, Jeffrey became the first person in the world to receive the treatment for burns…

Jeffrey said the results have been life-changing.

“It’s honestly a miracle,” she said. “Being injured in the fire has also had a deep impact on my mental health, and it’s something I’m continuing to deal with. But having such good results, particularly to my face, is helping me move forward.”

Before and after pictures of the woman’s face, showing her burns and how they healed completely with no scars, are at this link.

This experimental treatment is not yet available to the general public. New treatments are often delayed for years by regulatory agencies like the FDA.

Many people die waiting for the FDA to approve life-saving drugs and tests. For example, at least a hundred thousand people died waiting years for the FDA to approve beta blockers. One of the FDA officials involved in delaying their approval was John Nestor. Nestor was notorious for following rules in ways designed to deliberately delay other people, such as his habit of deliberately driving slowly in the fast lane on highways in order to slow down other motorists. The FDA didn’t approve a home test for HIV until 24 years after it first received an application. According to an FDA advisory committee, the test held “the potential to prevent the transmission of more than 4,000 new HIV infections in its first year of use alone.” That means thousands of people likely got infected with AIDS as a result of the FDA’s delay in approving the test.

Scientists recently “developed an mRNA cancer vaccine that programs immune cells inside the body to recognize and attack cancer without needing laboratory cell engineering.”

Earlier, an MRNA vaccine saved the lives of pancreatic cancer patients. “In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years,” reported Science Friday.

Moderna is developing a cancer vaccine that is expected to dramatically cut cancer survivors’ risk of death or recurrence. It is also an mRNA vaccine.

A cancer-fighting substance was found in bird poop by a middle-school student.