First Synthetic Transplant

[Dubh Aingeal]

The BBC is reporting that surgeons in Sweden have transplanted a synthetic windpipe into a patient. The synthetic windpipe was grown from a scaffolding and coated with the patients own stem cells. The scaffolding was made using 3D images of the patient's own windpipe. The new windpipe was made by scientists in London.

[phee]

neat

[Troy Spiral (13)]

wow.

Read about this "scaffolding" tech in the magazines i read, was not under the impression it was ready for prime time yet.