Wednesday, December 7, 2011

First Fully Lab-Grown Organ Successfully Transplanted

Stem cells have been a huge debate in America.  Yet while we bicker and fight about the ethical implications of it, other nations out there are already using stem cells for the bettering the health of their people.  A man in Sweden recently received the first fully lab-grown organ transplant that was grown with his own stem cells.  The organ transplanted was a new trachea to replace his existing windpipe that had developed cancer.

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