Hannah Warren was born without a trachea, so doctors made one with stem cells. April 30, 2013— -- In a groundbreaking feat of science and surgery, a Korean toddler born without a windpipe ...

Two years after the procedure, researchers see signs of success. July 26, 2012— -- The first child in history to receive a trachea fashioned by his own stem cells has shown remarkable progress ...

After years of struggling to breathe and fearing she might suffocate in her sleep, Sonia Sein says she feels well enough to dance around with her grandchildren after undergoing the first-ever human ...

NEW YORK – It’s a medical milestone that has the potential to save thousands of people with birth defects, cancer, or injury to their windpipes from COVID-19 intubation. A team of surgeons in New York ...

For the first time, a patient has been successfully transplanted with an artificial trachea, created from scratch in a lab. The procedure required the coordinated efforts of scientific teams in London ...

Hannah Warren was born without a trachea but now has one made from plastic fibers and a stew of her own stem cells. The 2-year-old Korean Canadian has spent every day of her life in intensive care, ...

Doctors in Sweden have performed the first-ever implant of a synthetic trachea, researchers announced. The organ, implanted in a 36-year-old Icelandic man suffering from tracheal cancer, consisted of ...

A new technique developed helps in tracheal replacement, where living windpipe structures are being grown to replace the damaged trachea. Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University are ...

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Drinking in the sweet scent of the flowers her daughter had given her for Mother's Day, Sonia Sein's eyes brimmed with tears. For nearly eight years, this simple pleasure had been only a dream. In ...