So many hands, so little time?

    Doctors in LOUISVILLE, Ky performed the third most efficient transplant surgery to a burn victim. Surgeon Dr. Warren Breidenbach said that the victim that had come in on that Tuesday, was said too have had very severe burns to both hands. When Dr. Warren found out about this news, he then contacted his team of doctors, and then they performed the first double hand transplant in Louisville. Single and Double hand transplants were only completed successfully in others states a hand full of times, but in Louisville this double hand transplant was only successful because of science. Dr. Warren and a few scientists were able to pull off this double hand transplant because they were able to put the  “patient's existing nerves into hands from a donor”. This then allowed the patient to feel the sensation of their hands moving around and about, which made both of his hands mobile.

    This article applies to science and Biology, mainly due to the fact that the only way that this surgery/transplant could have been pulled off, was because of the scientists, who helped the doctor figure out that the nerves in the donors hands would match up with the nerves in the patients hands, so that the patient would have two fully functioning hands.

    We care about articles like this because they help us understand that although doctors perform most surgeries, that there are always people behind the scenes such as scientists, who are there side by side to help the doctors solve any scientific problems that occur, when trying to apply a transplant or a surgery on a patient. Science and biology evolves everywhere and in every aspect!

    Source:http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/08/25/ky_surgeons_perform_rare_double_hand_transplant/