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Spanish Surgeon Performs First Synthetic Organ Transplant

Posted by timothy on from the bet-they're-delicious dept.

Bob the Super Hamste writes "The BBC is reporting that surgeons in Sweden have transplanted a synthetic windpipe into a patient. The synthetic windpipe was grown from a scaffolding and coated with the patients own stem cells. The scaffolding was made using 3D images of the patient's own windpipe. The new windpipe was made by scientists in London."

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  1. Well, thats nothing by serieoftubes · · Score: -1, Troll

    How about an camera implanted into one's head?
    Or a USB stick implanted instead of missing finger..