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A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study

By AP  
   July 10, 2024

The study is small — just nine more people will be enrolled. But it may teach scientists best practices for these complex transplants so that one day they could be offered to more people who can’t breathe, swallow or speak on their own because of a damaged or surgically removed larynx.

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