First Synthetic Organ Transplant

ScandalAndy · 07-07-2011, 11:36 AM

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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