1.   But if recipients regain sufficient use of their new hands, such transplants might become more common.

2.   Costly organ transplants are becoming more routine at hospitals across the nation.

3.   Doctors hope hand transplants will become as standard as other organ transplants.

4.   Her concern is that transplants are rapidly becoming the treatment of choice without the scientific proof that they are the best therapy.

5.   If baboon transplants become standard, the animals would not be sacrificed, Dr. Ildstad said.

6.   While researchers wring their hands, however, transplants have become readily available.

7.   Dr. Laman Gray Jr. said if Tools gains strength, a heart transplant could become an option in four to six months.

8.   Dr. Laman Gray Jr. said a heart transplant could become an option in four to six months.