info
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)
