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Windpipe Transplant Breakthrough - Spain/England
Health & Wellness  (tags: spain, bristol, england, windpipe, transplant, stem cells, health, technology, good news )

Chrissy
- 405 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Scientists in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - a windpipe - made with a patient's own stem cells. The groundbreaking technology also means for the first time tissue transplants can be carried out without
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David Gould (145)
Wednesday November 19, 2008, 2:35 pm
This is amazing and a great break through...please note there was no rejection...one of the bug bears of all transplant surgery up to now.
 

Louise L. (48)
Thursday November 20, 2008, 3:55 pm
Another medical miracle! Thanks, Chrissy.
 

Estella Ameigh (20)
Friday November 21, 2008, 12:36 pm
Awesome.
 
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