Face Transplant Patient Doing Well After 7 Months

The University of Maryland Medical Center said a Virginia man who received a full-face transplant seven months ago eats primarily by mouth and can taste and smell.   

Thirty-seven-year-old Richard Lee Norris of Hillsville, Va. received the transplant in a 36-hour operation in March. It included the replacement of both jaws, teeth, tongue, and skin and underlying nerve and muscle tissue from scalp to neck.

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