Biological Bandages script

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BIOLOGICAL BANDAGES (running time = 2:19)

SUGGESTED INTRO: ONE OF THE OLDEST WEAPONS IN THE PHYSICIAN'S ARSENAL, THE BANDAGE, IS ABOUT TO TAKE A HIGH-TECH TURN. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VOICEOVER: THE COMMON BANDAGE IS ABOUT TO TAKE A HIGH-TECH TURN WITH THE ADVENT OF THE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BIOLOGICAL BANDAGE. THE BANDAGE WILL DELIVER GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS THAT REINFORCE AND SPEED THE BODY'S OWN HEALING PROCESS. THE CELLS ARE RELEASED FROM A POLYMER ENVELOPE WITHIN THE BANDAGE AND PENETRATE TO THE WOUND SITE. DOCTOR RICHARD ECKERT, OF CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY'S SKIN DISEASES RESEARCH CENTER, HELPED CREATE THE HIGH-TECH BANDAGE.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

DR. RICHARD ECKERT,

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY

(OUTCUE: "... these unhealing wounds that do not close.") ( :40)

VOICEOVER: DOCTORS RICHARD FRATIANNE AND IRWIN SCHAFER ARE TESTING A PROTOTYPE OF THE BANDAGE AT THE CLEVELAND METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER BURN UNIT. THEIR BANDAGE USES NORMAL HEALING AGENTS BECAUSE THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION STILL MUST APPROVE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CELLS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS. DOCTOR SCHAFER SAYS THE BANDAGE WILL BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL WHEN TREATING THE ELDERLY.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

IRWIN SCHAFER, M.D., CWRU

PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE

(OUTCUE: "... with something that will be helpful.") ( :33)

VOICEOVER: RESEARCHERS SAY THE BANDAGE WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE WIDESPREAD USE IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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