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Lab-grown food pipe implanted in pigs offers new hope for young patients

Researchers in the UK have successfully engineered fully functional oesophagi in the laboratory and transplanted them into miniature pigs. This significant advancement, detailed in the journal *Nature Biotechnology*, brings new hope for patients like two-year-old Casey Mcintyre, who was born missing 11 centimeters of his oesophagus. Casey’s mother, Silviya, had been informed before his birth…