Face transplant recipient can now eat solid foods , smell , breathe out of nose . The patient received her new face in one graft from a donor cadaver in December . `` We 're moving into the arena where we can do medical treatment , '' Dr. Ethylin Jabs , professor of developmental and regenerative biology at Mount Sinai Medical School , said at the conference . Score: 6 Doctor : Social reincorporation is as important as the face transplant itself .
Face transplant recipient can now eat solid foods , smell , breathe out of nose . The patient received her new face in one graft from a donor cadaver in December . Score: 6 Doctor : Social reincorporation is as important as the face transplant itself .