Amazing. Does this mean the boy will not have to take immune suppressant drugs for his whole life?
From the original article in the Times of London:
The use of the childs own stem cells inside his body to build up the donor windpipe ensures that it is not rejected by his immune system. With a normal transplant, the risk of rejection would mean damping down the childs immune system with suppressive drugs.
So, it sounds like those drugs won't be needed here, which is awesome.
That’s what the article says. If it’s his own cells, then there’s no risk of rejection.