Friday, July 8, 2011

Synthetic Organ Transplant


Surgeons in Sweden performed the world’s first synthetic organ transplant, using an artificial windpipe coated in the recipient’s own stem cells.

Because the artificial organ was produced from the patient’s own cells, there is believed to be no possibility of the donation being rejected. And perhaps most significantly, this marks the world’s first organ donation that doesn’t actually require a donor.

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