Tissue-Engineered Trachea Transplant Is Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 12:07
in Health & Medicine
The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilizing 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. Advertisement: read more
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