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Watch live: Surgeons discuss soldier’s double-arm transplant

Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore discuss Brendan Marrocco’s double-arm transplant operation, which came after he lost all four limbs in a 2009 bomb attack in Iraq. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Jan. 29. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy [Image…

U.S. soldier receives rare double arm transplant

A US soldier who lost all four limbs in a 2009 roadside bomb attack in Iraq has successfully received a rare double arm transplant, Johns Hopkins hospital said Monday. The infantryman, whose name and age were not released, is one of just seven people in the United States who have…