Stem Cell-Grown Windpipe Transplant Works
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 04:07
in Health & Medicine
In a major medical first, doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs.
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