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Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops

Started by stephaniec, December 06, 2015, 09:43:33 PM

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Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/health/penis-transplants-being-planned-to-heal-troops-hidden-wounds.html

The New York Times/By DENISE GRADYDEC. 6, 2015

"a year, maybe in just a few months, a young soldier with a horrific injury from a bomb blast in Afghanistan will have an operation that has never been performed in the United States: a penis transplant."
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space.cowboy261

I hope the new anti-rejection method of using only one drug and then some stem cells from the donor helps keep the veterans receiving the penis transplants from rejecting the new body part while lessening the chances of infection or cancer. this was a very emotional article for me!
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