From my evening paper:

First Tongue Transplant Made

Vienna, Austria (AP) -- The man believed to be the first recipient of a human tongue transplant was recovering Tuesday and showed no signs of rejecting the organ, his doctors says.

The 42-year-old patient, who had a malignant tumor on his tongue and part of his jaw, underwent a 14-hour operation Saturday in which doctors amputated his tongue and attached the new one.

"The tongue now looks as if it were his own -- it's as red and colorful and getting good blood circulation," said Dr. Rolf Ewers, head of the team of nine physicians who performed the operation in Vienna's General Hospital.

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Do you suppose that someday people on this forum will be talking about their transplants?

Joanna

WOW,OH,WOW,OH,WOW.............isn`t that just awesome.........someone should have thought of that way sooner..........we transplant lots of other organs, why not tongues ?????