The woman who received the world's first face transplant has died

The French woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant 11 years ago has died, according to the *Associated Press*. Isabelle Dinoire received a new nose, mouth, and chin during a 15-hour groundbreaking procedure in 2005, after her pet Labrador mauled her face while she was blacked out on sleeping pills. Dinoire received a new nose, mouth, and chin Her death was announced today by the Amiens University Hospital, the institution that performed the transplant. The procedure, which involved transferring skin, muscles, bones, and blood vessels from the face of a brain...... more »