First child in world to have windpipe rebuilt with stem cells An 11-year-old boy is the first child ever to undergo a pioneering procedure of having his windpipe rebuilt with his own stem cells. Ciaran Finn-Lynch from Northern Ireland was brought to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England to have this cutting-edge transplant procedure. Ciaran was born with a condition that made breathing practically impossible due to a one-millimeter-wide windpipe. He was implanted with a metal tube to keep the passageway open, but last November he almost died when the tube ruptured a major artery and caused massive bleeding. Read all post…