{"id":436,"date":"2012-01-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2012\/01\/19\/doctors_successfully_transplan_1\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:07:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:07:03","slug":"doctors_successfully_transplan_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/doctors_successfully_transplan_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Successfully Transplant Synthetic Windpipe to Replace Cancerous One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While some doctors are working to create cures for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/category\/misdiagnosing-cancer\/\">cancer<\/a>, others are working to create effective solutions to combat the destructive effects of certain types of cancer.  Take for example the recent breakthroughs in tissue engineering that allowed doctors to replace the cancerous windpipe of a Baltimore man with a new, synthetic windpipe.  While a similar procedure had been performed on a Swedish man, this is the first time an American has undergone such a procedure.<\/p>\n<p>The surgery was possible thanks to the efforts of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini and his colleagues at <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=sv&amp;u=http:\/\/ki.se\/&amp;ei=3pwcT-jdEsqugQeV6P3eCw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=translate&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=5&amp;ved=0CEkQ7gEwBA&amp;prev=\/search%3Fq%3DKarolinska%2BInstitute%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1121%26bih%3D580%26prmd%3Dimvns\">Sweden&#8217;s Karolinska Institute<\/a>.  Dr. Macchiarin is the director of the Advanced Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine and has been working in the field of tissue engineering.  His goal is to effectively reproduce tissues and organs outside of the body, a field that is undergoing a surge in success thanks to advances in stem cell research.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Lyles, the 30 year-old Baltimore man who received the synthetic windpipe transplant, had been diagnosed with inoperable tracheal cancer.  However, following his transplant surgery, he was quoted telling a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> reporter, &#8220;I&#8217;m just thankful for a second chance at life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/doctors_successfully_transplan_1\/#more-436\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While some doctors are working to create cures for cancer, others are working to create effective solutions to combat the destructive effects of certain types of cancer. 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