Wednesday, January 30, 2013

MILITARY - Veteran Receives Real Human Arm Transplants

"Iraq War Vet Receives Rare Double Arm Transplant" PBS Newshour 1/29/2013

Excerpt

SUMMARY:  Former solider and Iraq war veteran Sgt. Brendan Marrocco is the recent recipient of a double arm transplant, which took place at Johns Hopkins Hospital.  Marrocco lost all of his limbs during a roadside bomb attack in the spring of 2009.  Gwen Ifill talks with Dr. Jaimie Shores, director of hand transplantation at Johns Hopkins.

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