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(OP) User ID: 11733952 United States 07/06/2012 10:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The United States Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) a $3.4 million grant in 2009 to fund face transplants for U.S. military veterans with severe facial deformities caused by war injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan. The primary goals of the award are to improve the lives of these veterans and to develop best practices that will improve outcomes for future face transplant recipients. [link to www.brighamandwomens.org] "Things do not happen. Things are made to happen." John F. Kennedy [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |