Article 1CT3H Chimp attack victim who received face transplant sees rejection five years later

Chimp attack victim who received face transplant sees rejection five years later

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Charla Nash, who was mauled in 2009, returns to hospital where doctors hope ending experiment to wean her off anti-rejection drugs will reverse process

A Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting the transplant.

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