China claims successful face transplant – AP

From AP via USA Today (link):

A man whose face was badly disfigured after an attack by a black bear received a partial face transplant Friday, in what a hospital described as a first for China.

The procedure underscores China’s growing scientific prowess while raising questions about its patchy regulation of medical experiments.

“China always has a group of people who like to be on the cutting-edge of scientific development,” said William Hsiao, a health economist at Harvard University who researches Chinese public health.

See also “Woman has first face transplant (in France)” by BBC, also Wikipedia’s “face transplant”