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First Human Tongue Transplant

Posted by michael on from the tongue-in-cheek dept.

JThaddeus writes "The New Scientist reports that "The world's first human tongue transplant has been successfully carried out by doctors in Austria." The 14-hour surgery replaced the 42-year old owner's original tongue which had to be removed because of a malignant tumour in his mouth. (Imagine the interviews: "I wanna thank all the doctorth and nurtheth who performed thith thuccethful thurgery.")"

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  1. First?!?! by Flwyd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been transplanting my tongue into other people's mouths for years.

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  2. !sdrawkcaB by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny


    !tiodi uoy sdrawkcab eugnot eht dehcatta uoY

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  3. It's less weird than what they used to do by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 5, Funny

    A good friend had cancer in his tongue a few years back. Rather than transplant in a donor, they just pulled up some of his pectoral and rebuilt it into a tongue for him. He could eat and drink, but lacked all sense of taste (as does the transplant patient, btw)
    He had a helluva time with Tic Tacs, since he also couldn't feel tiny things.

    Do me a favor, don't mod this posting. If you must, at least do a "+1 - Funny" as he would have wanted it that way.

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  4. Oh no, this sucks by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just got the first "Increase your tounge by 6 inches!" spam in by mailbox.

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