Thursday, December 26, 2013

UNOS to oversee hand, face transplants like organs

This photo taken Dec. 20, 2013 shows double hand transplant recipient, Lindsay Aronson Ess, working on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va. Sure your liver or kidney could save someone's life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complicated than just checking off a box on your driver's license. The government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants, giving more Americans who are disabled or disfigured by injury, illness or combat a chance at qualifying for this radical kind of reconstruction. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure your liver or kidney could save someone's life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complicated than just checking a box on your driver's license.








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/unos-oversee-hand-face-transplants-organs-205355070.html
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