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Stem Cell Medicine: Windpipe Transplant

Published November 19, 2008, 2:25 am, ABC News

European doctors give woman a new windpipe with tissue from her own stem cells.

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Doctors Report First Windpipe Transplant without Anti-Rejection Drugs - Eflux Media
An article in the Nov. 19 online issue of the journal The Lancet tells that story of a Colombian woman who got her life back thanks to a surgery that gave her a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, thus eliminating the need for ...

Own stem cells save woman's lung - Ananova
A woman has become the first person in the world to be given an entirely laboratory-engineered organ in a landmark operation that could change the face of transplant surgery. Claudia Castillo's own stem cells were used to create an artificial airway ...

Woman given windpipe created in laboratory - CNN
The breakthrough allowed Claudia Castillo, 30, to receive a new section of trachea -- an airway essential for breathing -- without the risk that her body would reject the transplant. Castillo was given the stem cell surgery, the controversial branch ...

Mum's new windpipe was grown in a lab - Sydney Morning Herald
IN A significant medical breakthrough, doctors have successfully undertaken the world's first transplant of a whole organ grown from stem cells. Surgeons replaced the windpipe of Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old mother of two, with one created from ...

Mother's life transformed as doctors unveil first ever whole organ ... - Daily Mail
A mother of two has become the first person in the world to undergo a whole organ transplant grown from her own stem cells. From being virtually bedridden after her windpipe became blocked, 30-year-old Claudia Castillo, above, is now able to resume ...

Stem cell row: possible solution - Health 24
The pioneering transplant of a windpipe stripped of its cells and seeded with recipient stem cells has given a 30-year old Colombian woman a new lease on life, according to a study. The operation is the first of its kind, and shows that adult stem ...

British doctors help perform world's first transplant of a whole organ ... - Daily Telegraph
; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid2544245001 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 Surgeons replaced the damaged windpipe of Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old mother of two, with one created from stem ...

World first as woman gets organ made from stem cells - Scotsman
A WOMAN has become the first patient in the world to receive an organ created in a laboratory, in a pioneering operation that could change transplant surgery, doctors said yesterday. Claudia Castillo's body part was grown using her own stem cells ...

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