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Ross had fretted before the meeting, fearful of the certain reminders of her husband, who took his own life (Photo: AP)

Woman meets man who got her deceased husband's face through transplant

The two came together in a meeting arranged by the Mayo Clinic where Sandness underwent surgery that was the clinic's...

13 Nov 2017 2:12 PM

I feel very well in myself, the 43-year-old transplant recipient told reporters last week as he continues his recovery from the surgery which was carried out on January 15 and 16. (Photo: AFP)

Getting used to my new identity: Jerome Hamon, the man with three...

Hamon suffers from neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic mutation which causes severely disfiguring tumours and related...

17 April 2018 9:15 AM

She will continue to be on medication for the rest of her life to minimize the risk of transplant rejection (Photo: YouTube)

21-year-old gets historic face transplant after attempting suicide by...

Techniques and technologies such as surgical rehearsal, 3D printing and virtual reality were used as part of the...

16 Aug 2018 9:53 AM

(Left) Face transplant recipient Andy Sandness before his injuries in 2006. Sandness (right) post operation with his new face at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. (Photo: AP)

Twin tragedies give survivor boon for life

Andy met Mardini, a plastic surgeon whose specialty is facial reconstruction. As a newcomer at Mayo, the doctor was on...

18 Feb 2017 8:38 PM

In this Jan. 24, 2017, photo, face transplant recipient Andy Sandness attends a speech therapy appointment at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. (Photo: AP)

Suicide survivor gets new face transplant

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt that nearly left his face destroyed, he has a new face that belonged to another...

18 Feb 2017 3:40 PM