Doctors to perform zero-gravity surgery
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_he_me/france_weightless_surgery"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060926/capt.d5c2d2ef45b848e9805af383f01bdc3e.france_weightless_surgery_bob103.jpg?x=130&y=89&sig=A20grgq7R2Z4kBIrWLYLMg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="The Airbus A 300 Zero-G takes off for a test flight at Merignac airport, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006. A team of French doctors led by Prof. Dominique Martin will operate on a human under near-weightless conditions on Wednesday, in a world first and what they hope will be a step toward performing surgery in space. Whizzing above southwest France aboard a specially modified Airbus, strapped-down surgeons will attempt to remove a fatty tumor from the forearm of a volunteer in a three-hour operation. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)" border="0" /></a>AP - A team of French doctors planned to slice a cyst off a man's arm Wednesday in the world's first zero-gravity surgery, operating aboard an airplane soaring and diving in and out of weightlessness.</p><br clear="all"/>