Hand-Transplant Surgery
On Jan. 25, a 37-year-old New Jersey man became the first person ever to receive a hand transplant in the U.S. What do you think about this medical breakthrough?
Jenny
Borgmann,
Graphic
Designer
"Speaking for my fellow torch-wielding mob members, I say we find the doctor who created this abomination and burn his castle laboratory to the ground."
Patrick Smalley,
Machinist
"Thanks to this miraculous medical breakthrough, soon I will finally know what it feels like to smack my son."
Isaac Zahn,
Systems Analyst
"The doctors say if I don't find a hand donor in the next three months, I'll die."
Gary Rivera,
Chemical Engineer
"Would it be possible to get a squid tentacle instead?"
Melanie Goltz,
Dance Instructor
"Now, if only modern science could develop some sort of knitted covering to slip over the newly transplanted hand to keep it warm in winter."
Omar Redfern,
Bank Teller
"So if you ruin your hands you can just get new ones? Wow, this year's Passion Play is gonna be the best ever."
