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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. Jacko by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Uh... well, I don't know where Michael Jackson got his face from, but the nose is obviously from another planet.

    Ah, kamisama! Ore no atama ni ono ga arimasu yo!.

  2. Ever see Face/Off? by EverStoned · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's one of the great HKBO (Hong Kong Blood Opera) movies. John Woo is awesome. -1, Offtipic, I know, I know...

  3. Hey, give Taco a break... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... he's still waiting for his window to resize on his fancy-schmancy closed-source Mac OS X laptop. You remember that one, right? It's the one he got right around the time he started shilling for Steve "I only stole BSD twice" Jobs!

    Fucking sellout.

  4. wtf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    taco eats shit

  5. Re:Deja View by pVoid · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Speaking of which, why don't we just hijack this thread and turn it into a Matrix story?

    So how do you all feel about the new ones coming out? all hype or the real deal?