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Man receives world’s first whole-eye transplant after deadly accident

Posted in biotech/medical, health, military

In June 2021, 46-year-old Aaron James of Arkansas miraculously survived a 7,200-volt electric shock.


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The surgical team at NYU Langone Health performed a complex 21-hour procedure to transplant an entire eye along with a part of the face for a military veteran who had experienced a life-altering accident.