A new face forward – news bulletin

By Berni | November 29, 2012

A new face forward

A team of U.S. doctors perform the first near-total face tranplant in the United States.

To prevent rejection, doctors say the U.S. patient will have to take immune-suppressing drugs for the rest of her life.

Katharine Jackson reports.

SOUNDBITE: Dr. Eric Kodish, Cleveland Clinic bioethicist

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A new face forward

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  1. The patient is missing nose, ear and upper jaw.
  2. The woman is blind.
  3. She ran away from people.
  4. The woman never goes outside.
  5. The operation replaced 18% of her face.
  6. She was injured in a car accident.
  7. Doctors transplant bone and muscle.
  8. Tha patient can now smile and smell.
  9. The first partial facial transplant took place 2 years ago in France.
  10. This most recent transplant is the 4th in the US.
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