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windpipe repair

Windpipe Defect Repair Possible

Sources BBC, American Acadamy of Pediatrics Thursday 1st January 1970

It 's been across the world 's press, yes, the report by Dr. Fauza 's group in the Boston Children 's Hospital.

The team have employed a method of seeding embryonic cells onto a biodegradable scaffold, and with the addition of growth factors, the cells produced healthy cartilage. The grafts, once mature, were used to repair the windpipes of seven foetal lambs, animals which grow at approximately the same rapid rate as a human.

The technology, termed autologous chondrocyte implantation, has…

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