Patient gets world’s first artificial trachea

The headline of this USA Today story is somewhat misleading, since the trachea that was created using an artificial scaffold was made with the patient’s own cells. It’s a sort of artificial/biological mix of a trachea. In any case, the technique worked to cure a man of cancer, so whatever it is called, it is really quite an amazing procedure. Here is an article on the same story by the WSJ.

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Patient gets world’s first artificial trachea