article_snippet: The Pentagon, though, is watching Charla Nash recovery closely.
article_snippet: In the coming weeks Charla Nash will take part in a military-funded experiment in which doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital will try to wean Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital off the anti-rejection drugs Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital has been taking since Nash's full face transplant.
article_snippet: Charla Nash is set to take part in an experiment in which doctors  will try to wean her off the anti-rejection drugs her has been taking since a double hand transplant .
article_snippet: About every six weeks, Nash undergoes lab tests for the military at Brigham and Women's.
article_snippet: Charla Nash is also subjected to MRIs and CT scans to determine how well Charla Nash brain is sending signals to Charla Nash new face.
article_snippet: Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, the Director of Plastic Surgery and Transplantation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, talks with Charla Nash during an appointment .
article_snippet: About every six weeks, Charla Nash undergoes lab tests for The military at the hospital. 
article_snippet: Medics insist Charla Nash (pictured) is doing 'remarkably well' and has experienced very few rejection episodes, making her a good candidate for the experiment .
article_snippet: Suddenly, it's not as crazy to think about transplanting individual fingers or an ear,' said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, who led Nash's transplant surgery team.
article_snippet: Nash will be switched to a different substance, Interleukin-2, which is normally used to treat skin and kidney cancers.
article_snippet: Pomahac said Nash is doing 'remarkably well' and has experienced very few rejection episodes, making Pomahac a good candidate for the experiment. '
highlights_snippet: Charla Nash will be weaned off anti-rejection drugs taken since the transplant .
  