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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

BIZARRE: Scientists create the first ever lab grown food pipe | Mind Blowing Facts

Sean and Silviya Mcintyre say a lab grown food pipe would be "life changing" for children like their son Casey - (Sean and Silviya Mcintyre)

Scientists have created the first ever lab-grown oesophagus giving hope to children like two-year-old Casey Mcintyre, who was born with 11cm of his food pipe missing.

Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) developed the oesophagus using a donor pig,. If this is developed in humans, it could allow people to swallow again.

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