Doctors use shark skin grafts to treat burned terror suspect

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Kafeel Ahmed, 27, is being treated at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

The process is called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template. "It tricks the body into creating new skin cells," explained Steve Jeffrey, a surgeon who worked in Australia perfecting the treatment.

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Police wrestle Ahmed to the ground after the terror attack at Glasgow Airport

Silicone implanted with shark skin extracts is laid on the burns for two weeks before it is removed and replaced with a layer of skin thinner than a graft.

Although the latest technology is being used - at a cost of more than £20,000 - Ahmed is still critical and in a coma.

He is under constant armed police guard at the hospital.

Ahmed allegedly crashed a Jeep Cherokee into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport on June 30, a day after police found two unexploded car bombs in central London.

Dramatic pictures of police wrestling him to the ground appeared across the media.

Ahmed was initially treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. He was transferred under sedation to Glasgow Royal Infirmary in an intensive care ambulance.