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...trial was set in St. George, about 40 miles (65 km) from the twin towns, where many of the 126,000 residents are descended from early Mormon settlers: this was Brigham Young's winter home. The once homogenous redoubt, which welcomes travelers at the Seven Wives Inn, is now a magnet for developers and retirees. The second fastest-growing urban area in the country, it has seen home prices triple in the past five years. Its golf courses number 10, and Starbucks has arrived. Polygamy is tolerated by some residents, ignored by others. Locals say if you want a house...
...Brigham and Women’s has overcome this obstacle by only permitting the operation to be performed on patients that are already on the immunosuppressant drugs...
John H. Barker, a surgeon at the University of Louisville, said he believes that the approach taken by Brigham and Women’s will be worth the risk to those that are able to receive the transplants...
Bohdan Pomahac, the associate director of Brigham and Women’s burn unit and the head of the hospital’s face transplant program, told the Globe that he has performed dozens of facial surgeries using skin grafted from elsewhere on the patient’s body, leaving the patient still looking disfigured...
Patients looking to qualify for the procedure would undergo extensive medical and psychiatric screening, including an evaluation by a psychiatrist from Massachusetts General Hospital. The psychiatrist would not be affiliated with the Brigham program and who would act on the behalf of the patient. Barker believes that another potential problem with the procedures is finding people who are both on immunosuppressants and are in need of a facial transplant...