World's first face transplant patient dies at 49

Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who received the world's first face transplant in 2005, died earlier this year, French doctors announced Tuesday. Dinoire, 49, died on April 22 "following a long illness," Amiens Hospital said in a statement. The hospital said it waited to share the news because her family wanted time to grieve in private. French media is reporting she died of complications from her most recent operation. In the winter, Le Figaro reports, she suffered a rejection of the transpl...