Man-made organ transplant - world first - cancer patient gets artificial windpipe

The world's first man-made organ has been transplanted into a cancer patient in Sweden.

The patient received a windpipe created from their own stem cells and an artificial "scaffold".

The Telegraph reports: "Prof Paolo Macchiarini, a Spanish surgeon, carried out the 12-hour transplant operation. He praised the construction technique, which meant that 'custom-made' windpipes could be produced within a week."

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