UK scientists have grown fully functioning food pipes and successfully transplanted them into mini pigs, paving the way for human trials.

Engineered tissue could eventually be used for children born with gaps in their alimentary canal, or for adults whose muscles ...

The engineered tissue was implanted into pigs, which were able to swallow and eat normally after six months without the need for immunosuppressants.

Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have created the first lab‑grown esophagus—the food pipe—shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and ...