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Scientists in London have grown a bio-engineered oesophagus which was successfully implanted into mice.

The work, published in Nature Communications, was led by scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) and the Francis Crick Institute.

The team hopes the research could eventually lead to clinical trials of lab-grown food pipes for children born with part of their oesophagus damaged or missing.

The oesophagus is a complex, multi-layered organ, made up of multiple tissue types, which acts as a pipe carrying food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45838421

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This would be an incredibly beneficial process for cancer patients and those with other diseases or traumas to the esophagus.  

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I have half my oesophagus removed and my stomach was reshaped to replace it. Due to cancer.

This sounds very promising, alas it won't bring back my stomach. Lol.

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