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Italians Perform Groundbreaking Full Jaw Transplant
statikuz writes "According to BBC News, Italian surgeons have performed the world's first complete jaw transplant. In eleven hours, the surgeons replaced a man's cancer-ridden jaw with a bone from a deceased donor; the donated jawbone was sterlized and stored at -196C to fight rejection, and "The current patient is said to be doing well.", says Professor Giuseppe Spriano, leader of the surgery team at the Regina Elena hospital in Rome."
Yet another example of a weird case where biometric systems can break down.
Yeah, what are the odds, you know? Out of all the temperatures to choose from, they just happen to pick that one...Truth is truly stranger than fiction. Obviously, cosmological fine tuning of physical constants make the molecular bonds of Nitrogen just right for them to go liquid at exactly the same temperature as they were keeping this guy's jaw. Absolute proof that there is a God. You heard it here first.
Adamantium! Adamantium plated-bone structure. Go ahead, punch me, I dare you. Espicially with the jaw. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
[Whack!] 'Ow!' Damnit.
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I saw this in James Bond movies 20 years ago! Try and get patients to not reject a steel jaw. Then I'll be impressed.
"When all else fails, there's always delusion." -Conan O'Brien
Jay Leno is sleeping with a loaded shotgun.
Just in case.
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"The current patient is said to be doing well.", says Professor Giuseppe Spriano.
When questioned for comments, the patient would not respond.
This statement is false.
Italians Perform Jawdropping Full Ground Transplant
-Adam
When you lose your jaw, and then you get a second jaw from a cadaver, everything you do with that new jaw seems more satisfying than before, because you realize how ephemeral your lower jaw really is. At any moment you might lose it again, so you want to enjoy every moment to its fullest.
I bet right now this guy is chewing on the sweetest, juiciest Red Man chewing tobacco he's ever tasted!
...the donated jawbone was sterlized and stored at -196C to fight rejection...
Bringing all new meaning to frost-bite.
*rimshot* Thanks, I'll be here all week.
I've got all the skin for a chin, well actually enough for two or three chins, but I seem to have miss-placed the bone that was supposed to come with it.
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I will be glad when we're able to make metallic bodyparts as full replacements for lost limbs, fingers, etc. Maybe one day, we'll be able to replace damaged body parts with Terminator like metal parts. How cool would that be to lose an arm, but replace it with an almost indestructable artificial limb? I'd just hate to see the guy on the news who is rushed to the emergency room because his metal hand crushed his johnson... Ouch.
Ah am not a crook! (\(-__-)/)