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A 13 year old Brittany Donovan was born with a fragile X chromosome from her biological father which was a sperm donor. A fragile X chromosome causes slowed learning and can be also classified as retardation. It is said that the child can sue the sperm donor bank that help create her under liability laws. All Brittany had to claim was that the product was harmful.

When Connie Culp was shot in the face by her husband she was given the opportunity to undergo a face transplant. The chairman of the surgery Jeffery Mathews states that the is the most dramatic technological advances ever. To complete the surgery they have to attach the small muscles veins and nerves between the patient and the donors face. To make sure the patient doesn't reject the transplant they have to infuse special marrow cells and immune suppressing drugs.

Dr. Zhang's has created a liquid gel to insert into damaged parts of the brain from traumatic brain injuries. There has been little success on humans, but testing has been done on rats and there has been very positive results. On humans there has also been other techniques such as inserting donor cells into the damaged area but the cells end up dying off. Human success in the experiment is estimated to take up to 3 years.