Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_windpipe_transplant"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.5c5502d66d654abbbd7c683299fa60cb.britain_windpipe_transplant_lon111.jpg?x=130y=96q=85sig=OSa7_boIjxfdxEoASa_CNg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this image released by the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, a patient's collapsed lung, at right, is seen prior to a windpipe transplant which used tissue grown from the patient's own stem cells. European doctors have performed a windpipe transplant with tissue grown from the patient's own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. (AP Photo/Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, HO)" border="0" /></a>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 Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.</p><br clear="all"/>

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