Re: Tech/news: Hand transplant

Randy (cryon@mindspring.com)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:41:01 GMT

On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:16:57 -0500, you wrote:

>LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CNN) -- A team of surgeons has performed
>the first hand transplant in the United States, attaching a donor hand,
>wrist and portion of a forearm to a 37-year-old man.
>
>"there are many doctors who, technically, could perform the surgery,
> but are held back by ethical complications."
>

Translation: they are afraid the "villagers" will storm the castle.......



Randy
Cryonics: Gateway to the Future?
http://www.mindspring.com/~cryon/cryonics/cryopage1.html