Health Watch

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Months of screening begin as UK team gets go-ahead for first full-face transplant (The Guardian, 26 Oct 2006, Page 3)

Months of screening begin as UK team gets go-ahead for first full-face transplant

Sarah Boseley Health Editor

The Guardian

26 Oct 2006

Surgeons at London’s Royal Free hospital will today begin whittling down a short list of patients who are likely to become the world’s first full-face transplant recipients. More than 30 severely disfigured burns victims from around the world have... read more...