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Surgeons in Russia have successfully transplanted a completely synthetic chunk of the larynx. The operation, which has been performed in two patients, is the first step towards creating an entire synthetic voicebox.
The transplanted synthetic part, about 5 centimetres long, consists of a section of the windpipe, or trachea, at the top of which is a version of the cricoid arch and plate – a hollow, collar-like segment that forms the base of the larynx.
“The cricoid is the most simple part of the larynx to transplant,” says Paolo Macchiarini of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and head of the surgical team that performed the operations.
newscientist.com/article/dn21978-first-synthetic-larynx-part-transplanted.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Awesome to see what science can do with stem cells. Another win for adult stem cell.
The transplanted synthetic part, about 5 centimetres long, consists of a section of the windpipe, or trachea, at the top of which is a version of the cricoid arch and plate – a hollow, collar-like segment that forms the base of the larynx.
“The cricoid is the most simple part of the larynx to transplant,” says Paolo Macchiarini of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and head of the surgical team that performed the operations.
newscientist.com/article/dn21978-first-synthetic-larynx-part-transplanted.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
Awesome to see what science can do with stem cells. Another win for adult stem cell.