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Face Transplants On The Way

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the here-comes-a-james-bond-plotline dept.

kwertii writes "A British surgeon claims face transplants are just a few months off. The procedure "could involve a patient being given new lips, chin, ears, nose, skin and bone from a recently deceased person." The problem? Surveys indicate that very few people are willing to donate their face. Would you?"

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  1. Sadly by newsdee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Many people around the world are donating much more than a face for a quick buck. So, yes, some people will donate it if it doesn't kill them.

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  2. This is getting out of hand. by Angstrom91 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Okay, the editors are human and make mistakes.. you can't expect everyone to know what everyone else has put on the site.. but this is a repost of front page news from yesterday.

    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/11 /2 7/1639243&mode=thread&tid=134

    If it's a repost of an old article, it's understandable.. but articles that are still on the front page? C'mon guys, there's just no excuse for that.

  3. Re:In your face! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Perhaps slash should be rewritten so that a story containing the same link as a previous story is flagged. This would eliminate a lot of duplicates....