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Hand-Transplant Surgery

On Jan. 25, a 37-year-old New Jersey man became the first person ever to receive a hand transplant in the U.S. What do you think about this medical breakthrough?

JennyBorgmann • GraphicDesigner

“Speaking for my fellow torch-wielding mob members, I say we find the doctor who created this abomination and burn his castle laboratory to the ground.”

JennyBorgmann • GraphicDesigner

Patrick Smalley • Machinist

“Thanks to this miraculous medical breakthrough, soon I will finally know what it feels like to smack my son.”

Patrick Smalley • Machinist

Isaac Zahn • Systems Analyst

“The doctors say if I don’t find a hand donor in the next three months, I’ll die.”

Isaac Zahn • Systems Analyst

Gary Rivera • Chemical Engineer

“Would it be possible to get a squid tentacle instead?”

Gary Rivera • Chemical Engineer

Melanie Goltz • Dance Instructor

“Now, if only modern science could develop some sort of knitted covering to slip over the newly transplanted hand to keep it warm in winter.”

Melanie Goltz • Dance Instructor

Omar Redfern • Bank Teller

“So if you ruin your hands you can just get new ones? Wow, this year’s Passion Play is gonna be the best ever.”

Omar Redfern • Bank Teller