Artificial Trachea, by Chris Carr: Difference between revisions

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== History ==
== History ==
'''1981''' - Start of skin tissue engineering of epithelial cells [2]
'''2008''' - First artificial trachea implanted with patient's stem cells [1]


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[1] http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/09/in-medical-first-doctors-implant-lab-grown-synthetic-trachea-into-patient/


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[2] http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470251_3


== Health Issues ==
== Health Issues ==

Revision as of 11:48, 14 April 2013

Background

Figure 1. Diagram of a heart and it's nodes [A]

Info on Trachea

History

1981 - Start of skin tissue engineering of epithelial cells [2]

2008 - First artificial trachea implanted with patient's stem cells [1]

DATE -

DATE -

[1] http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/09/in-medical-first-doctors-implant-lab-grown-synthetic-trachea-into-patient/

[2] http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470251_3

Health Issues

Trachea Cancer, etc.

Current Technology

Transplants

cadavers

Artificial Trachea

PET material

Procedure and Side Effects

References

Media