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Scientists engineer personalized cartilage graft for infants with life-threatening airway narrowing

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researchers demonstrated a new method using decellularized cartilage with patient-specific cells to treat severe subglottic stenosis in infants, published in Nature Communications. The approach is faster and more effective than current standard grafts while eliminating donor site morbidity and tissue volume limitations.

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