First transplant from organ grown in lab

In England today they performed a transplant from an organ grown in a lab using the patient's own stem cells.  Because of this advance, the patient won't have to take anti-rejection drugs.  In this case a graft from a donor was used, but eventually donors won't be needed.  Soon I won't have to feel guilty about not being an organ donor.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3479613/British-doctors-help-perform-worlds-first-transplant-of-a-whole-organ-grown-in-lab.html

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