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Synthetic Trachea Transplant

Got a bum trachea? Windpipe not blowing up to steam? We can grow a new one for you.

Thanks to a new technique where a patient’s own stem cells are grown on plastic scaffolds and differentiated into tracheal cells, it looks like that might be a reality.

More on the Baltimore man who was the recipient of this science magic at the New York Times.

(Source: cirmresearch.blogspot.com, via jtotheizzoe)

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