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First Synthetic Organ Transplant
The first synthetic organ transplant has been performed using an "organ scaffold" made of glass, coated with stem cells. Partial text and link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14047670 Surgeons in Sweden have carried out the world's first synthetic organ transplant. Scientists in London created an artificial windpipe which was then coated in stem cells from the patient. Crucially, the technique does not need a donor, and there is no risk of the organ being rejected. The surgeons stress a windpipe can also be made within days. The key to the latest technique is modelling a structure or scaffold that is an exact replica of the patient's own windpipe, removing the need for a donor organ. 
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I have a friend whose son is the recipient of a heart transplant. She's hoping for great strides by the time he's out of elementary school.
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing this story!!
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The French Canadian surgeon who is operating on Rosie's sister is pressing stem cells, and using a cadaver transplant. I am not sure of what is going to happen next month. I think science is changing so very fast. I hope and pray that one day we will have no need for any threads like this. Cancer and other diseases just suck big time.
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That's great to hear!....It makes me want to go back on the web and do further research....I was once studying about scaffolding for artificial livers many years ago....
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