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Doctors reveal Charla Nash received secret transplant last month

Doctors reveal Charla Nash received secret transplant last month

BOSTON — Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed a full face transplant on the Connecticut woman who was mauled two years ago by her friend's pet chimpanzee. Officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital performed the transplant on Charla...  Read Full Story

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