Adult stem cell breakthrough

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 13:07 in Health & Medicine

The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilising the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway. The bioengineered trachea immediately provided the patient with a normally functioning airway, thereby saving her life...

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