In a milestone for the fast-evolving field of tissue engineering, a 36-year-old geology student from Africa is breathing through a synthetic windpipe created in a laboratory from plastic and his own bone marrow cells.
Andemariam Teklesenbet Beyene was discharged today from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, one day short of a month since he had his cancerous windpipe replaced with the custom-made spare part.
"It's working like a normal windpipe," surgeon Paolo Macchiarini told Shots. "He's able to cough. He's able to expel his secretions. He's breathing normally. He has the sensation he's breathing."
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