January 28, 2021
Regenerating the larynx: A second chance at speech
Mayo Clinic is leveraging advances in regenerative medicine to restore function for people whose lives have been drastically changed by a laryngectomy — surgery to remove the voice box. People without a voice box can neither speak with their natural voices nor breathe through their noses. Simple pleasures like smelling a bouquet of flowers or […]
Tags: 3D printing, cancer, Center for Regenerative Medicine, clinical research, clinical trials, David Lott, laryngeal cancer, laryngectomy, larynx transplant, Richard Hayden, stem cell research, stem cells