«Tracheobronchial transplantation with a stem - cell - seeded bioartificial
nanocomposite: a proof - of - concept study,» which described the
first case of a transplant using an artificial trachea seeded with the patient's own stem cells, now bears an expression of concern from The Lancet editors, citing ongoing investigations.
The 2011 paper «Tracheobronchial transplantation with a stem - cell - seeded bioartificial
nanocomposite: a proof - of - concept study» described a
first - of - its - kind procedure: A 36 - year - old man with recurrent tracheal cancer received an artificial airway seeded with his own stem cells.