Penile transplantation is here

Despite high initial mortality, the development of immunosuppressants has allowed solid organ transplantation to become a mainstay of modern medicine, providing a near cure for otherwise fatal conditions. Life-enhancing vascularised composite allotransplantation (VCA), such as face or hand transplantation, has increasingly been used to successfully treat devastating tissue loss. Results from a recent survey suggest that public attitudes in the...