Surgeons at New York City-based Mount Sinai performed the world’s first human tracheal transplant during an 18-hour procedure in January, marking the launch of its tracheal transplant program, the ...

Trachea cancer patient receives new trachea grown from own stem cells. Jan. 13, 2012— -- Christopher Lyles, 30, of Abingdon, Md, exhausted the limited treatment options available in the U.S. for ...

Sonia Sein's vocal cords were damaged after she was intubated six years ago. When Sonia Sein of New York City suffered damaged vocal cords and trachea due to intubation that left her windpipe scarred, ...

Meet Claudia Castillo. She is 30 years old, lives in Barcelona and has two children. Claudia suffered from tuberculosis for years and in March her left lung collapsed, leaving her unable to care for ...

LONDON (AP) - For more than 2 1/2 years, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe. Today, she has a new one after surgeons implanted the windpipe from a ...

LONDON (AP) — Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric ...

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<br>There are 75,660 active patients waiting for a transplant in the U.S., according to the the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Some will never make it to the top of the ...