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Current News:
CLINICAL FACE TRANSPLANTS PERFORMED TO DATE:
1st-- DATE: November 2005
LOCATION: Aimen, France
RECIPIENT: 36 y/o woman
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Dog bite
POST TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed
with adjustment of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS: Excellent
2nd-- DATE: April, 2006
LOCATION: Xi’an, China
RECIPIENT: 30 y/o male
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Bear bite
POST TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed
with adjustment of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS: Graft failed due to medication non-compliance 2years
8months post-transplant resulting in patient's death due to
complications.
3rd-- DATE: March , 2008
LOCATION:
Paris, France
RECIPIENT:
30 y/o male
CAUSE
OF DEFORMITY: neurofibromatosis
POST
TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed with adjustment
of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS:
Patient recovering
4th-- DATE: December, 2008
LOCATION: Cleveland, USA
RECIPIENT: 46 y/o female
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Gun shot
POST TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed
with adjustment of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS: Patient recovering
5th-- DATE: March, 2009
LOCATION: Paris, France
RECIPIENT: 28 y/o male
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Gun shot
POST TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed
with adjustment of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS: Patient recovering
6th-- DATE: April, 2009
LOCATION: Boston, USA
RECIPIENT: 59 y/o male
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Electrical
burn
POST TRANSPLANT: Several episodes of acute rejection reversed
with adjustment of immunosuppression medications.
STATUS: Patient recovering
7th-- DATE: April, 2009
LOCATION: Paris, France
RECIPIENT: 30 y/o male
CAUSE OF DEFORMITY: Severe burns. Both face and both hands
transplanted
STATUS: Patient recovering
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Our research team consists of clinical and basic science faculty, research fellows, and medical students from diverse educational and training backgrounds.
We work together identifying clinical problems, designing experimental protocols, developing animal models, performing experiments, collecting/organizing/evaluating and interpreting data and publishing and presenting our findings in scientific journals and scientific meetings.
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