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Wednesday 30 April 2014

Face Transplants Should Be Offered to More Patients, Surgeons Say

By Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 04/30/2014 02:25 PM EDT on LiveScience Face transplants promise dramatic results for people left disfigured after animal attacks, fires, shootings and other grisly incidents, researchers say. But the procedure is still in its infancy. It can cost well over $300,000 and is not covered by insurance companies. The surgery raises ethical dilemmas, too, because it's not life-saving like a liver transplant. ...