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If you get a hand transplant, what happens to the fingerprints?
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You get new ones: Hand transplants are still in its infancy and only a small number have been done. The recipient of the hand will have the finger prints of the donor.
Answered 2/28/2013
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Hand transplant : The fingertips will be the donors so then so will the fingerprints be. Seems like a spark of a plot line for a thriller.
Answered 3/26/2013
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