Hand Transplants are real but currently have major risks associated to them.

   Many people find it hard to believe that a heart can be transplanted and often a hand can not, but a hand is actually far more difficult to graft then a heart. In the future Canadian HERO hopes to make significant advancements in both the surgical procedures used to transplant a donor hand to a new host and more importantly the safety of the anti-rejection medication needed by the host. The current side effects of the anti-rejection medication can include rare forms of cancer within ten years of beginning treatment. To learn about some of the people that have received financial assistance from Canadian HERO please follow the link below.