A report published Online First by The Lancet today describes the world's first transplant of an synthetic trachea seeded with stem cells. The Eritrean patient, 36-year-old Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene, was the first person in the world to receive this type of transplant in June, 2011 at the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden with Professor Paolo Macchiarini leading the pioneering surgery. Beyene's tracheal tumor was the size of golf ball and extended to the lowest 5cm of the trachea along with both bronchi, making it difficult for him to breath...
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