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Beyond Recognition The Incredible Story Of Face Transplant Summary
Pomaloy, Charissa Blanche A. Prof. Oscar Salvanera
MGT181/M-T August 12, 2013

Beyond Recognition: The Incredible Story of a Face Transplant
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In 2007, Carmen Tarleton who is a victim of a brutal attacked by her husband, Herbert Rogers. She suffered from a three months comatose; her body was spoiled by a deep chemical burn, wrapped in bandages. Her eyelids were gone, as well as her left ear, she even couldn’t blink, smile and breathe through her nose. That would just the seventh American patient to undergo a risky experimental procedure known as face transplant.
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Well In my opinion face transplant is not a good technology thought it performs a successful surgeries several times. It has a lot of downsides like

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