Facing Face Transplants: Science Fiction Becoming Reality

Facing Face Transplants: Science Fiction Becoming RealityProcedure Envisaged To Help People With Severe DisfigurementDoctors at the Cleveland Clinic say they have received authority to plan for facial transplants. They think the procedure might help people who are severely disfigured lead a better life. “We are at this point ready to begin screening patients,” said Dr. Maria Siemionow, the hospital’s director of plastic surgery research and training in microscopic surgery, who advocated the procedure.” See Clinic Gets OK On Face Transplants and CLEVELAND CLINIC APPROVES PATIENT PROTOCOL11/05/2004
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