Yahoo: First lab-grown oesophagus offers hope to children born with rare condition Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first oesophagus to be engineered in a lab could allow children born with part of their food pipe missing to have a new organ ... In a preclinical animal study, implantation of lab-grown esophageal grafts restored swallowing, offering hope for infants with long-gap esophageal atresia.
Scientists create the first-ever lab-grown food pipe - Two-year-old Casey Mcintyre was born with 11cm of his oesophagus missing, but this lab grown food pipe gives hope to children like him ... MSN: World first: Lab-grown oesophagus that can swallow offers hope to children born with rare defect A lab-grown oesophagus that can restore swallowing has been created by British scientists in a breakthrough that could transform treatment for babies born with severe birth defects. Researchers at ... World first: Lab-grown oesophagus that can swallow offers hope to children born with rare defect Yahoo: First lab-grown oesophagus to treat children born without a food pipe