First Human Head Transplant

[Joshpantera]

 

 

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/human-head-transplant/

 

 

 

Earlier this year Italian neuroscientist Sergio Canavero shocked the world when he announced he would perform the world’s first human head transplant. This week Canavero announced the procedure is scheduled for December 2017, and he has recruited a head surgeon (pun intended) to lead the controversial procedure. This operation may sound like something out of a horror movie, but one man is hoping it will improve his quality of life.

A 30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, volunteered for the procedure in the hope of living a more normal life. The computer scientist suffers from a rare motor neuron disease known as Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. The disease causes motor neurons – the nerve cells responsible for sending signals from the central nervous system to your muscles – to deteriorate, which leads to muscle atrophy and in severe cases, difficulty swallowing and breathing. Currently there is no treatment for this disease.
 

 

[Rounin]

Well, I wish them both the best of luck, and hope you all join me in doing so. May Mr. Spiridonov have a long and happy life, and medical science benefit from this amazing attempt.

[Joshpantera]

It will be interesting to see the after effect if the transplant takes. Real Frankenstein shit going on here!

[◊ crazyguy123 ◊]

It will sure be amazing if the operation is successful. Hopefully it turns out well.

[Wertbag]

Doesn't look likely to work, they haven't successfully reattached a spinal cord and all their animal tests were failures. Based on a thousand failures they now think they can succeed with a human.

Would be great but don't think we are close.

[☆ DarkBishop ☆]

Would definitely be awesome if it did work. But odds are not looking good.