It has been 20 years since the first successful face transplant. How has technology advanced since then? KYW medical editor ...

Derek Pfaff remembers being under a lot of stress throughout college. He remembers coming home from school during spring break in March 2014. But he does not remember the night th ...

A schoolgirl aged 14 who was badly disfigured in a fire has volunteered to undergo the world's first full face transplant. The groundbreaking surgery involves removing the face from a four-hour ...

In medical history, though, both are already familiar themes. Physician J. Andrew Armour argued that the heart holds memories ...

man received a face transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. “We’re just very thankful,” said Jerry Pfaff, Derek’s father. Two and a half years of preparation went into the 50-hour ...

Not this year. After 58 surgeries that kept him alive but disfigured, Pfaff underwent a transplant at Mayo Clinic in February that replaced 85 percent of his face with donor bone, tissue and skin.

After 58 surgeries that kept him alive but disfigured, Derek underwent a transplant at Mayo Clinic in the United States in February that replaced 85% of his face with donor bone, tissue and skin.

The Mayo Clinic offered him a chance at rebirth. The surgery, a face transplant requiring 60 hours and the hands of 80 skilled doctors, was nothing short of a miracle. Related: Michigan man ...

A federal funding agency that supports high-impact research capable of driving biomedical and health breakthroughs has ...