Boy’s stem cells used to rebuild windpipe

DOCTORS have carried out groundbreaking surgery to rebuild the windpipe of a 10-year-old British boy from his own stem cells.

Sat, 20 Mar, 2010 - 00:00
John von Radowitz

If successful, they believe it could lead to a revolution in regenerative medicine.

The operation, lasting nearly nine hours, took place at London’s Great Ormond Street children’s hospital on Monday but only emerged yesterday.

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