Successful Hand Transplant

A man who lost his hand in a work related incident many years ago received a successful hand transplant. Of the two dozen successful hand transplants performed in the world, this one is unique. This man received the transplant after losing his original hand over 30 years ago. The hand works, though he is currently taking anti-rejection drugs so that his body's immune system does not attack the foreign hand.

This is a huge success in the field of limb transplants and prosthetics. This advances the conception that fully-functional limb transplants are possible. In the future, artificially grown limbs or more advanced prosthetics could replace lost limbs with new limbs that are just as good as the original (or better).

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/11/30/hand.transplant.ap/index.html