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Jan. 20, 2012
Synthetic Windpipe Transplant Boost For Tissue Engineering
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| Surgeons in Sweden replaced an American patient’s cancerous windpipe with a scaffold built from nanofibers and seeded with the patient's stem cells. Lead surgeon Dr. Paolo Macchiarini discusses the procedure and the benefits of tissue-engineered synthetic organs. |
Produced by Namisha Sarin Anand
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Dr. Paolo Macchiarini
Director, Advanced Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
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