Doctors say an 11-year-old boy has undergone pioneering surgery to successfully rebuild his windpipe using his own stem cells.

SURGEONS hope the groundbreaking surgery carried out on 11-year-old Ciarán Finn-Lynch will lead to arevolution in regenerative medicine.

AN 11-year-old boy from the North has become the first child in the world to have pioneering surgery in which his windpipe was rebuilt using his own stem cells.