Dallas Wiens, the United States' first full face transplant patient, speaks to reporters at a news conference at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Dallas Wiens, the United States' first full face transplant patient, is helped by Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, plastic surgeon at Brigham and Women's, and Dr. Jeffrey Janis, from Parkland, Texas, after a news conference at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Face transplant recipient Dallas Wiens, of Fort Worth, Texas, center right, takes questions from members of the media as plastic surgeons, Dr. Elof Eriksson, left, and Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, second from left, look on during a news conference at Brigham And Women's Hospital, in Boston, Monday, May 9, 2011. Wiens is the recipient of the first full face transplant in the United States.
Handout image of full face transplant patient Dallas Wiens and his daughter Scarlette.
This three-photo combination shows Dallas Wiens, the recipient of the first full face transplant in the United States. On the left, a 2008 Wiens family photo provided by Brigham and Women's Hospital, shows Wiens with his daughter Scarlette prior to an electrical accident that disfigured his face; center, a December 2010 file photo provided by Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, and released by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, shows Wiens prior to receiving a full face transplant during the week of March 14, 2011; and right, shows Wiens as he takes questions from members of the media during a news conference at Brigham And Women's Hospital, in Boston, Monday, May 9, 2011.
Science has really advanced well. Still expecting from it to invent some medicines for incurable diseases like AIDS.
ReplyDeleteGood to see such transplants. This will be helpful for the whole nation to be safe and cured. Wish them good luck for their future.
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