Doctors graft new jaw on man&#39;s back
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Doctors in Germany have rebuilt a man&#39;s face after growing a new jaw on his back, it has been revealed. By the fourth week after receiving the pioneering transplant, the patient was able to enjoy his first solid meal for nine years.
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UK scientists hope to mend shattered bones and damaged cartilage using a patient's own stem cells.
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New technologies to straighten crooked spines while letting them grow may one day help children bypass those hated back braces.
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A man has enjoyed his first real dinner in nine years after a pioneering operation to rebuild his jaw using an artifical bone grown in one of the muscles of his back.
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years â- bratwurst sandwich â -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an
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A newly developed surgical technique can help some people with facial paralysis regain muscle movement in their face, with some patients able to smile again within a week of surgery, researchers said on Monday.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Derek Smith underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a damaged muscle connected to his left eye, a delicate injury that hampered his play last season.
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NEW YORK  - In a new study, researchers describe a man whose jaw was successfully reconstructed using a bone that was grown from scratch under the muscles in his back.
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Singer James Brown, dubbed the Godfather of Soul, underwent surgery to treat prostrate cancer on Wednesday. Dr James Bennett said the 71-year-old soul star was &quot;resting comfortably&quot; after surgery at the Midtown
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A German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - a bratwurst sandwich - after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it into his ...
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The smile. The cleft chin. The stubble. Didn't that guy used to be Ben Affleck?
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Following 10 months of debate on the medical, ethical, and psychological issues involved, the Cleveland Clinic&#39;s review board has approved its doctors&#39; petition to be the first institution worldwide to perform a human face transplant, the Associated Press
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LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say they&#39;re ready to do a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.
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A man who lost his jawbone to cancer has enjoyed his first solid meal in nine years after having a new bone grown under his shoulder blade and then transplanted to his face, reports The Times, London.
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A team of doctors in Kentucky and the Netherlands is preparing to perform the world&#39;s first face transplant. In an article in The American Journal of Bioethics, the doctors write, There arrives a point in time when the procedure should simply be done.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was ``doing very well,&#39;&#39; moving around and even cracking jokes.