Exciting news.
It is hoped that using the boy’s own tissue in the nine-hour operation at Great Ormond Street Hospital will cut the risk of rejection.
The world’s first tissue-engineered windpipe transplant was done in Spain in 2008 but with a shorter graft.
Doctors say the boy is doing well and breathing normally.
He has a rare condition called Long Segment Congenital Tracheal Stenosis, in which patients are born with an extremely narrow airway.
“ It is the first time a child has received stem cell organ treatment, and it’s the longest airway that has ever been replaced ”
Professor Martin Birchall, University College London
Hopefully, the organ is not rejected and this child can live a healthy life. Stem cell research is becoming more and more viable as long as research is funded without a push for restrictions. With people living longer, making this type of organ replacement a common reality will be of immense importance.