Hand transplant: Chess piece

Fennell picks up chess pieces in an exercise to improve her dexterity. She has no sensation yet in the transplanted hand. The nerves grow about one millimeter a day from the connections the surgeons made to her arm, and it will be several more months before sensations develop.
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( Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times )

Fennell picks up chess pieces in an exercise to improve her dexterity. She has no sensation yet in the transplanted hand. The nerves grow about one millimeter a day from the connections the surgeons made to her arm, and it will be several more months before sensations develop.

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