The diagnosis of pneumonia required radiologic evidence of pneumonia and purulent tracheal secretions or tracheal aspirations with positive microbiological findings, temperature of >38 °C, and a ...

July 26, 2012— -- The first child in history to receive a trachea fashioned by his own stem cells has shown remarkable progress since the initial transplant two years ago, marking a new ...

Mount Sinai's historic procedure resulted from 30 years of research that focused on how to revascularize, or provide blood flow, to the trachea, and understanding the biology of the organ.