Stem cell transplant success

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19 Nov 2008

Some genuinely excellent news. A European medical team has transplanted a windpipe made from a patient’s own stem cells. This avoids the greatest difficulty in relation to transplants – overcoming the problem of rejection.

No doubt such techniques will take time to develop fully but they should not be held up by moralistic opposition to stem cell research or by excessive caution.

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