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Kyobanim
08-27-2004, 10:30
German who had his lower jaw cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years -- a bratwurst sandwich -- after surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and transplanted it to his mouth in what experts call an "ambitious'' experiment.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/08/27/jaw.transplant.ap/index.html