19Nov/080
Mom Gets Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells
This is quite a breakthrough for the fight for stem cell research. Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world's first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant - using a windpipe made with the patient's own stem cells. A woman was given a trachea that was developed using her very own stem cells. This trachea is rejection proof. It developed its own blood supply a month after the operation.
To those that are against stem cell research for blind religious convictions: the next time you need a 100% chance of not failing life saving transplant, try praying in a church instead of seeing a qualified physician. We'll see if your god delivers.
"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7735696.stm
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