"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
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Putting on a Good Face:Face transplants may be closer than we think:
According to medical journal Lancet, a face transplant can be carried out by extracting the face of a donor, by removing the skin, subcutaneous fat, arteries and veins within a few hours of death.
At the same operating theatre, another team of surgeons would prepare the recipient, by cutting away any scarred tissue from the face.
The implications are mind-boggling. You could easily imagine well-financed morally bankrupt people killing and stealing a face to change their identities, but it’s hard to imagine anyone else feeling comfortable with the face of a dead person. posted by Sydney on
11/29/2002 08:21:00 AM
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