{"id":565,"date":"2004-08-27T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2004-08-27T11:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbassford.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:11:31","slug":"a_jaw_dropping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonbassford.com\/index.php\/2004\/08\/27\/a_jaw_dropping\/","title":{"rendered":"A jaw dropping experience."},"content":{"rendered":"

This sounds far too much like science fiction to me, but apparently it’s something that’s actually happened.<\/p>\n

A patient, who’d lost his jaw due to cancer, managed to get a replacement “grown” from a muscle in his back – and then had it transplanted into the appropriate place so that he can eat again.<\/p>\n

I won’t go into all of the details – you can read the actual news story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If I hadn’t read about it from an actual news site, I would have sworn that it was made up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This sounds far too much like science fiction to me, but apparently it’s something that’s actually happened. A patient, who’d lost his jaw due to cancer, managed to get a replacement “grown” from a muscle in his back – and then had it transplanted into the appropriate place so that he can eat again. I …<\/p>\n

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