Hand Transplants

Double Hand Transplant Reawakens Brain Control

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:01:05 PDT

The brains of patients who've received double hand transplants can recreate lost neurological control systems, according to new brain data from a French surgical team....

Woman has double hand transplant

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:20:36 PST

A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant. A team of surgeons at Hospital La Fe in Valencia carried out the pioneering...

World's first double hand transplant

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:09:33 PST

The world's first double hand transplant has been carried out by a team of international surgeons in France. The 33-year-old patient - a man from Rochefort on the west...

Press release Cortical reorganization in motor cortex after graft of both hands

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:31:05 PDT

How is the brain influenced by changes that occur at the body's periphery? Contrary to the classical view of a predetermined neural wiring pattern, the motor system shows...

WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL HAND TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT REACHES SEVENTH-YEAR

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:33:18 PDT

LOUISVILLE, KY �| Matt Scott, the world�fs first successful hand transplant recipient, will arrive in Louisville on February 12th and begin his seven-year check-up the...