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First penis transplant in the US

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have carried out the first successful penis transplant in the US - on a cancer patient, Thomas Manning. He had lost most of his penis to the disease. The organ came from a deceased donor. Mr Manning told the New York Times reporter, Denise Grady, 'I want to go back to being who I was'

Photo: Thomas Manning. Credit: Sam Riley/ Mass General Hospital/ via AP)

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