A mucous membrane, similar to those in the nasal cavity, lines the interior of the trachea. Cells in this membrane, called goblet cells, release mucus to help prevent microorganisms and debris ...

Two years after the procedure, researchers see signs of success. July 26, 2012— -- The first child in history to receive a trachea fashioned by his own stem cells has shown remarkable ...

Trachea cancer patient receives new trachea grown from own stem cells. Jan. 13, 2012— -- Christopher Lyles, 30, of Abingdon, Md, exhausted the limited treatment options available in the U.S ...

Neuroendocrine cells in the larynx and trachea, which make up the passageway from the mouth to the lungs, can sense water and acid passing through, a team reports in the April 19 Science.

The surgery marks the first time a trachea grown from a patient’s stem cells and seeded onto a synthetic, rather than a donor, structure has been transplanted in a human. And it saved a 36-year ...

The first tissue-engineered trachea (windpipe), utilizing the patient's own stem cells, has been successfully transplanted into a young woman with a failing airway. The first tissue-engineered ...

cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium and goblet cells to clean the air before it reaches the lungs Goblet cells produce mucus which traps dust ...

Inflammation rocks goblet cells in a non-“Rock on, dude” way. There is a simply wonderful slide in circulation for 15 years that shows an upregulation in healthy goblet cells after ...

A 2-year-old girl who was the first child to receive a windpipe grown from her own stem cells died this past weekend ... "Following her successful, pioneering trachea transplant surgery on ...

The company’s cell culture products use polymer nanofibers to more accurately simulate the 3-D structure of human tissue. The synthetic trachea was grown on the scaffold in a bioreactor for two ...

Using Lyles' bone marrow stem cells the doctors were able to regenerate tissue to create a trachea biologically identical to his own windpipe. After surgery, Lyles contracted pneumonia ...