Face Off....

This from the AP:

An ethics panel Wednesday approved a London hospital's plan to carry out what could be the world's first full-face transplant, but no candidates for the surgery have yet been selected, a spokesman said.

The Special Ethics Committee of the Royal Free Hospital approved a proposal for a series of four transplant operations, said Neil Huband, spokesman for The Face Trust.

"What happens next is that we continue going through the details of patients and looking to potential patients and continue research," Huband said.

He said a list of candidates for the operations could be completed within six months or a year.