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World's First Double-Arm Transplant

Posted by michael on from the leg-up-on-the-competition dept.

quakeslut writes "The BBC has the scoop on the first double-arm transplant. Amazingly, after only two weeks or so, the recipient says that it already feels "as if these are my own hands." Please, keep the "give that guy a hand, or two!!" jokes to a minimum."

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  1. Give that guy a hand.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ....or two!!!!!!

  2. Sweet by Lshmael · · Score: 2, Funny

    Double-arm transplants...what's next? Legs? Torsos? Heads in a Jar?

    If he weren't dead, I'd steal Bruce Lee's arms.

    WOH-PAH!

    1. Re:Sweet by jcenters · · Score: 5, Funny

      What do you mean if he weren't dead? With today's technology?

      1. Find Bruce Lee's dead corpse.

      2. Extract his DNA.

      3. Find a pig.

      4. Insert Lee's DNA into the pig.

      5. Wait a few months for the arms to grow.

      6. ???

      7. Profit!!

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  3. How much did those cost? by Mick+D. · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hope they didn't charge an arm and a leg for those, or he is still gonna be missing a limb. :)

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  4. Well by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gives new meaning to the Stranger technique.

    Ok, so that's pretty gross, sorry.

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  5. Zaphod, by belbo · · Score: 4, Funny

    is that you?

    *SCNR*

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  6. I can see.. by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see that the prewar Arms Race has already begun!

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  7. Must....resist....bad....jokes....! by mechugena · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hands down, the best article I've read in weeks. It's a sad, disarming tale of what happened to permit this to happen.