Josh Maloney, a 24-year-old retired Marine, lost his right hand in a training accident a little over two years ago. In several months, after occupational therapy and healing, he will be able to use his new hand.
This is the sixth such surgery in the United States and the first done in Pittsburgh.
Maloney is the first patient to undergo a new immune modulation therapy. Before the surgery, he was treated with antibodies, after the surgery, he had a bone marrow infusion from the donor. Maloney says he is grateful - he had gone through two different types of prosthetic hands.
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