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regenerative medicine ping

Woman Gets New Windpipe Using Her Own Stem Cells (WOW!) Here's the old thread about Claudia Castillo.

'Milestone moment' as boy undergoes transplant to regenerate trachea Here's the Timesonline version of the new story.

13 posted on 03/20/2010 11:44:05 AM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem
Help me understand this.

They grew a whole new windpipe, or they regrew his?

Or did they use a partial transplant and augment it with his own stem cells?

No matter what, this is wonderful news!!

16 posted on 03/20/2010 11:47:22 AM PDT by airborne ("Peace, Love, Dope" has now become "Hope, Change, Obama" !!!)
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