Regrowth of Port Wine Stain’s Blood Vessels Cause Unsatisfied Therapeutic Outcome

For Immediate Release July 23, 2013 Wausau, WI – Wenbin Tan, Ph.D., a graduate of the University of California, is the recipient of an American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. (ASLMS) 2013 Research Grant.  Dr. Tan is a non-student recipient who conducted research on the development of new therapeutic strategies for Port Wine Stain (PWS) birthmarks.  The manuscript is titled “Topical Axitinib Combined with Ra­pamycin to Inhibit the Regrowth of Port Wine Stain Blood Vessels Post Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment”. In his research, Dr. Tan discovered that the Pulsed Dye Laser